# Incident 19861021059699I: Piper PA24260, Fitzgerald, GA, October 21, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1986, 00:30 local time
- Place: Fitzgerald, GA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7130° N, 83.2522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fitzgerald, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7130&lon=-83.2522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8865P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8865P) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 15 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861021059699I

## Narrative

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

INTERIOR LIGHTS FADED, DIVERTED AND MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR. AT TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED. GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N8865P (1)

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

- [Incident 19831117071429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831117071429I), Nov 17, 1983: Piper PA24250 (N8865P), St Cloud, MN, Minor damage. Forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up. Found amber light gear bulb burned out.

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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