# Incident 19791115055779I: Piper PA28R180, St Paul, MN, November 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1979, 11:20 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9444° N, 93.0933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9444&lon=-93.0933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69645, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69645-2017-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 14 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/19791115055779I

## Narrative

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

AFTER ALTERNATOR FAILURE, PILOT LOWERED GEAR MANUALLY. NOSE GEAR NOT EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N69645 (3)

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

- [Accident 19970912026599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912026599A), Sep 12, 1997: Piper PA28R180 (N69645), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed on landing. (.4)the pilot said that the landing gear down lights did not come on and he executed a go-around so the tower could visually check…
- [Incident 19840320021639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840320021639I), Mar 20, 1984: Piper PA28R180 (N69645), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Gear test flight. Unable to get nose gear down. Landed nose gear up. Left upper drag strut attach point was loose.
- [Incident 19790913048879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790913048879I), Sep 13, 1979: Piper PA28R180 (N69645), Anoka, MN, Minor damage. During landing roll, nose gear did not remain fully extended. Probably inadvertent gear retraction by pilot.

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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