# Incident 19850504032419I: Piper PA24250, Klamath Falls, OR, May 4, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1985, 12:15 local time
- Place: Klamath Falls, OR
- Airport: Kingsley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2158° N, 121.7758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Klamath Falls, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2158&lon=-121.7758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6136P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6136P) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 604 total, 20 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850504032419I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. PILOT HAD FLOWN BY TOWER AND GEAR APPEARED DOWN. LANDING GEAR MOTOR FROZEN INTERNALLY.

## Other reports on N6136P (2)

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

- [Incident 19820228018329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820228018329I), Feb 28, 1982: Piper PA24 (N6136P), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. Unable to lock gear down. Gear collapsed on touchdown. Cause undetermined.
- [Incident 19781128024399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781128024399I), Nov 28, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N6136P), Las Vegas, CA, Minor damage. Pilot could not see safe gear lights and did not hear gear horn. Probable late extension of 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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