# Incident 19791006052179I: Piper PA44180, Georgetown, TX, October 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6327° N, 97.6772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6327&lon=-97.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20943, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20943-1989-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19791006052179I

## Narrative

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

GEAR WITHHELD ON A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH WAS NEVER EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N20943 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820130068769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820130068769I), Jan 30, 1982: Piper PA44180 (N20943), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Pilot retracted gear on a go-around. Forgot to lower on second approach. Landed gear up.

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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