# Incident 19791024054509I: Piper PA28R200, Tooele, UT, October 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1979, 10:05 local time
- Place: Tooele, UT
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5394° N, 112.3078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tooele, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5394&lon=-112.3078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3398M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3398M-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 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/19791024054509I

## Narrative

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

AUTOMATIC GEAR SYSTEM IN THE "OVER RIDE" POSITION, PILOT FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N3398M (2)

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

- [Accident 20140319002329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140319002329A), Mar 19, 2014: Piper PA-28R-201 (N3398M), Ruidoso, NM, Substantial damage. On March 19, 2014 at approximately 1732 MDT N3398M (PA-28R) departed Sierra Blanca Regional (srr), Ruidoso NM on runway 30. Upon departing the pilot reported…
- [Incident 19810929066959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810929066959I), Sep 29, 1981: Piper PA28R201 (N3398M), Bear Lake, UT, Minor damage. Pilot taxiied aircraft into soft ground. Nose gear sank, prop hit ground.

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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