# Incident 19811206083949I: Pirtle ROCKET185, Palo Alto, CA, December 6, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3965° N, 122.1431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palo Alto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3965&lon=-122.1431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90204, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Johnson ROCKET 185 (registry code 7140189, https://openairdocs.org/model/johnson-rocket-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C (registry code 41517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435a-0-435c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIRTLE ROCKET185
- Reported engine: LYC O435A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 750 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811206083949I

## Narrative

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

ZA ON APPROACH TO SAN CARLOS,PILOT REPORTED LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION.RETURNED TO PALO ALTO.GEAR FOLDED ON LANDING.

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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