# Incident 19850430027759I: Piper PA24, Birmingham, AL, April 30, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1985, 10:22 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7208P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7208P-2020-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,215 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850430027759I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP, MAINTENANCE FOUND FAULTY NOSE GEAR LIMIT SWITCH.

## Other reports on N7208P (1)

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

- [Incident 19820207011639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820207011639I), Feb 7, 1982: Piper PA24 (N7208P), Sylvania, GA. Unsafe gear down light. Left main gear collapsed on rollout. Control circuit breaker center contact missing.

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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