# Incident 19840310021279I: Piper PA24250, Rapid City, SD, March 10, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1984, 12:02 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7953P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7953P) (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 O540A1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 60 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840310021279I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP. NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DAMPER HAD BEEN INSTALLED BACKWARDS.

## Other reports on N7953P (2)

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

- [Incident 20020506010599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020506010599I), May 6, 2002: Piper PA24250 (N7953P), Rome, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing at Rome, GA (rmg) the right main landing gear push/pull rod failed and pulled the gear motor away from the bulkhead attach point causing the…
- [Accident 19800322007859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800322007859A), Mar 22, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N7953P), Lake Wales, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot landed gear up. Retracted gear on final instead of lowering gear.

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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