# Incident 19850615040789I: Piper PA24260, Valley City, ND, June 15, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1985, 20:25 local time
- Place: Valley City, ND
- Airport: Valley City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9209° N, 98.0052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valley City, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9209&lon=-98.0052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9129P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9129P) (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 PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,530 total, 680 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615040789I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SETTLED SLOWLY AND CONTACTED GROUND ON LANDING. INDICATIONS ARE THAT GEAR WAS EXTENDED LATE.

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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