# Incident 19831117071429I: Piper PA24250, St Cloud, MN, November 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1983, 16:45 local time
- Place: St Cloud, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5608° N, 94.1625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Cloud, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5608&lon=-94.1625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8865P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8865P) (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 PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,560 total, 18 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831117071429I

## Narrative

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

FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP. FOUND AMBER LIGHT GEAR BULB BURNED OUT.

## Other reports on N8865P (1)

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

- [Incident 19861021059699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861021059699I), Oct 21, 1986: Piper PA24260 (N8865P), Fitzgerald, GA, Minor damage. Interior lights faded, diverted and manually extended gear. At touchdown gear collapsed. Gear not fully extended.

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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