# Incident 19790815031339I: Piper PA24250, Morristown, TN, August 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1979, 17:15 local time
- Place: Morristown, TN
- Airport: Moore Murrell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1794° N, 83.3755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOORE-MURRELL (MOR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1794&lon=-83.3755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5909P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5909P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 635 total, 187 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790815031339I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AN GEAR UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N5909P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960831033889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960831033889I), Aug 31, 1996: Piper PA24250 (N5909P), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: on approach, went to extend landing gear using normal procedure. Gear would not extend. Executed emergency gear door. Emergency extension failed,…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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