# Incident 19811123083759I: Piper PA24, Lakeway, TX, November 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lakeway, TX
- Airport: Austin Lakeway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3548° N, 97.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeway, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3548&lon=-97.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5840P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5840P-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811123083759I

## Narrative

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

FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR FOR LANDING. LANDED WHEELS UP.

## Other reports on N5840P (1)

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

- [Accident 20190711011249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190711011249A), Jul 11, 2019: Piper PA-24-180 (N5840P), Ketchikan, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The pilot departed Friday harbor airport (kfhr) enroute to Ketchikan international airport (ktn) on a personal VFR flight. Last contact between the pilot and…

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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