# Incident 19841222074449I: Piper PA24, Gary, IN, December 22, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1984, 14:28 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7626P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7626P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 442 total, 154 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841222074449I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP. DID NOT HEAR GEAR HORN UNTIL JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. PILOT WAS CARRYING ADDED POWER DUE TO CROSSWIND

## Other reports on N7626P (1)

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

- [Incident 20080510847349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510847349I), May 10, 2008: Piper PA24250 (N7626P), Monee, IL, No damage. (-23) Pilot departed Bult Field for his first flight since the airplane's annual inspection (November 2007). Flew a larger pattern than normal. On downwind, he…

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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