# Incident 19870711041659I: Piper PA24400, Truth Or Conseq, NM, July 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1987, 13:00 local time
- Place: Truth Or Conseq, NM
- Airport: Truth Or Consequences Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2354° N, 107.2699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES MUNI (TCS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2354&lon=-107.2699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N400E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 166 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/19870711041659I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETRACTED GEAR IN PATTERN WHILE DETERMINING ACTIVE RUNWAY.  FAILED TO EXTEND GEAR AGAIN FOR LANDING.

## Other reports on N400E (1)

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

- [Accident 19751017039152A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751017039152A), Oct 17, 1975: Piper PA24400 (N400E), Richfield, UT, Substantial damage. PA-24 on extended x-wind leg. C-182 entered downwind leg improperly. Both plts in radio ctc.

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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