# Incident 19810825070689I: Piper PA24260, Olney, TX, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 21:55 local time
- Place: Olney, TX
- Airport: Olney
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3509° N, 98.8192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLNEY MUNI (ONY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3509&lon=-98.8192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9143P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9143P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 600 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825070689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR LANDED WHEELS UP. NO MALFUNCTION OF LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N9143P (1)

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

- [Incident 20131010021019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131010021019I), Oct 10, 2013: Piper PA-24-260 (N9143P), Hartzell, AL, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he was distracted during an approach and forgot to lower the landing gear.

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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