# Accident 19800322007859A: Piper PA24250, Lake Wales, FL, March 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Lake Wales
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9164° N, 81.5490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE WALES (FA45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9164&lon=-81.5490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7953P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7953P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 381 total, 77 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800322007859A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED GEAR UP. RETRACTED GEAR ON FINAL INSTEAD OF LOWERING GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA80DLD56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD56), Mar 22, 1980: Piper PA-24 (N7953P), Lake Wales, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7953P (2)

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

- [Incident 20020506010599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020506010599I), May 6, 2002: Piper PA24250 (N7953P), Rome, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing at Rome, GA (rmg) the right main landing gear push/pull rod failed and pulled the gear motor away from the bulkhead attach point causing the…
- [Incident 19840310021279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840310021279I), Mar 10, 1984: Piper PA24250 (N7953P), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed with nose gear up. Nose gear shimmy damper had been installed backwards.

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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