# Incident 19800420044139I: Piper PA24250, Omak, WA, April 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1980, 13:52 local time
- Place: Omak, WA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4224° N, 119.5307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Omak, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4224&lon=-119.5307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5818P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5818P-2012-09-27) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 10 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/19800420044139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR BEFORE LANDING.

## Other reports on N5818P (1)

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

- [Incident 19811024077289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811024077289I), Oct 24, 1981: Piper PA24250 (N5818P), Omak, WA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear for landing. Landed gear up.

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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