# Incident 19801214090119I: Piper PA24250, North Richland, TX, December 14, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1980, 08:45 local time
- Place: North Richland, TX
- Airport: Mangham
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6451° N, 98.6446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANGHAM (TT57), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6451&lon=-98.6446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7774P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7774P-2017-09-26) (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: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801214090119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SMELLED SMOKE IN COCKPIT.  RETURNED FOR LANDING.  GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N7774P (2)

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

- [Accident 20120825018619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120825018619A), Aug 25, 2012: Piper PA-24-250 (N7774P), Steamboat Sprin, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 08/25/2012 at approximately 1251 hrs. MDT, N7774P, a Piper model PA-24-250 comanche aircraft was discovered destroyed after impacting terrain 9.5 miles west…
- [Incident 19780622047209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780622047209I), Jun 22, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N7774P), St Joseph, MO, Minor damage. Difficulty extending gear, no safe light. Gear collapsed after touchdown indicator wire was broken.

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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