# Incident 19800731063189I: Piper PA24250, Long Beach, CA, July 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1980, 15:43 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6825P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6825P-1984-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 25 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/19800731063189I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY. CONDUIT ASSEMBLY HOUSING HAD SEPARATED AT SWIVEL JOINT.

## Other reports on N6825P (1)

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

- [Accident 19800225004469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800225004469A), Feb 25, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N6825P), Catalina, CA, Substantial damage. Below proper approach path impacted short of runway. Severed landing gear. Stopped on runway.

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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