# Incident 19800210023049I: Piper PA24250, Rock Springs, WY, February 10, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Sweet Water Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5947° N, 109.2209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Springs, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5947&lon=-109.2209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7846P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7846P-2010-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 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/19800210023049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF ON WET RUNWAY & UPON REACHING DESTINATION COULD NOT LOWER GEAR. FROZEN IN "UP" POSITION.

## Other reports on N7846P (1)

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

- [Incident 20100505033619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100505033619I), May 5, 2010: Piper PA-24-250 (N7846P), Longmont, CO, Minor damage. On may 5, 2010 at APPROXIMATELY1630 MDT a single engine Piper comanche PA24 was damaged (minor) when it departed the runway on landing. The pilot and…

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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