# Incident 19791217046549I: Piper PA28RT201, Allentown, PA, December 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1979, 17:45 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Queen City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5936° N, 75.4784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5936&lon=-75.4784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30726, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30726-2018-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 275 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/19791217046549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED GEAR UP. GEAR WARNING HORN FAILED, AUTOMATIC GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION.

## Other reports on N30726 (3)

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

- [Incident 20170620013529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170620013529I), Jun 20, 2017: Piper PA-28-161 (N30726), Waco, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot porpoised four or five times on landing before the nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 20100802050139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100802050139I), Aug 2, 2010: Piper PA-28-161 (N30726), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. While practing takeoffs and landings the pilot experienced a vibration when the nose of the aircraft was lowered to the runway. The airman elected not to…
- [Incident 19880803052659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880803052659I), Aug 3, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N30726), Chippewa Falls, WI, Minor damage. Overshot runway on a crosswind landing. Did not know how to use the aircraft brakes.

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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