# Incident 19800719062199I: Piper PA28R200, Palm Springs, CA, July 19, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1980, 19:58 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8303° N, 116.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8303&lon=-116.5453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47742, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47742) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 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/19800719062199I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND RIGHT GEAR BEFORE LANDING. FOUND BOLT INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, JAMMING GEAR.

## Other reports on N47742 (1)

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

- [Accident 20250917013289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250917013289A), Sep 17, 2025: Piper PA-28R-201T (N47742), Smyrna, TN, Substantial damage. On 9/17/2025, [privacy data omitted] departed mqy to conduct traffic pattern work in [privacy data omitted] to include soft landing practice. [privacy data…

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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