# Incident 19870921073479I: Piper PA24250, Charlottesville, VA, September 21, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1987, 20:50 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1396° N, 78.4523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE (CHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1396&lon=-78.4523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7929P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7929P) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 615 total, 0 in this make and model, 317 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870921073479I

## Narrative

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

PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N7929P (2)

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

- [Incident 19910531018749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910531018749I), May 31, 1991: Piper PA24 (N7929P), Waverly, VA, Minor damage. Oil pressure dropping en route. Engine quit. Landed in corn field with gear up. Oil line was broken.
- [Incident 19780712043329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780712043329I), Jul 12, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N7929P), Charlottesville, VA, Minor damage. Gear had to be extended manually. Manual extension handle travel obstructed by avionics. Could have been done.

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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