# Incident 19791019053029I: Piper PA24260, Coeur D'Alene, ID, October 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1979, 16:50 local time
- Place: Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7029° N, 116.7958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coeur d'Alene, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7029&lon=-116.7958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8857P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8857P-1998-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,774 total, 1,800 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/19791019053029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR FOR GO-AROUND, FORGOT TO PUT IT DOWN AGAIN.

## Other reports on N8857P (1)

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

- [Accident 19970314003139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970314003139A), Mar 14, 1997: Piper PA24260 (N8857P), Andrews, NC, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) On March 14, 1997, at approximately 8:41PM EST, a Piper PA-24-260, registration number N8857P, registered to private pilot, paul j. mansour crashed into…

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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