# Accident 19850708030199A: Piper PA24250, Peachtree City, GA, July 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1985, 18:45 local time
- Place: Peachtree City, GA
- Airport: Falcon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3919° N, 84.5707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peachtree City, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3919&lon=-84.5707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7474P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7474P-2013-05-08) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 19 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL85LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850708030199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING. FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL85LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA206), Jul 8, 1985: Piper PA-24-250 (N7474P), Peachtree City, GA, destroyed

## Other reports on N7474P (1)

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

- [Incident 19791205047679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791205047679I), Dec 5, 1979: Piper PA24250 (N7474P), Sikeston, MO, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up.

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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