# Incident 19811015075289I: Piper PA24250, Columbus, MS, October 15, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1981, 14:25 local time
- Place: Columbus, MS
- Airport: Golden Triangle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4483° N, 88.5914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL (GTR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4483&lon=-88.5914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6793P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6793P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,212 total, 50 in this make and model, 306 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811015075289I

## Narrative

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

THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND USING BOTH THE NORMAL AND THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N6793P (1)

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

- [Incident 19871031071339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871031071339I), Oct 31, 1987: Piper PA24250 (N6793P), Cumberland City, TN, Minor damage. Landed long and fast on a wet grass runway. Pilot veered into a tree to avoid a barn at the runways end.

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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