# Incident 19820316018489I: Piper PA24260, Midland, TX, March 16, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1982, 09:30 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9443P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9443P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,020 total, 250 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820316018489I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AFTER LANDING. BULKHEAD WAS BROKEN OUT WHERE THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR ATTACHES.

## Other reports on N9443P (1)

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

- [Incident 19920226008589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920226008589I), Feb 26, 1992: Piper PA24260 (N9443P), Bristol, WI, Minor damage. Engine quit. Forced landing in a field. Landed with the gear retracted.

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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