# Incident 19870914065809I: Piper PA24, Georgetown, CA, September 14, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1987, 21:30 local time
- Place: Georgetown, CA
- Airport: Georgetown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9211° N, 120.8648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGETOWN (E36), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9211&lon=-120.8648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5981P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5981P-1994-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870914065809I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND WAS ABANDONED ON THE RUNWAY. REGISTERED OWNER REPORTED AIRCRAFT SOLD. PILOT UNKNOWN

## Other reports on N5981P (2)

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

- [Accident 19920817032019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920817032019A), Aug 17, 1992: Piper PA24180 (N5981P), Russellville, AR, Substantial damage. Climbing on test flight. Loud pop. Lost thrust. Landed hard on a road. Prop staking pins not installed at overhaul.
- [Incident 19880218012959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880218012959I), Feb 18, 1988: Piper PA24 (N5981P), Lincoln, CA, Minor damage. Student pilot with passengers failed to lower gear. Landed with gear up. Had no pilot or medical certificates.

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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