# Incident 19890307012489I: Piper PA24250, Rialto, CA, March 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1989, 08:45 local time
- Place: Rialto, CA
- Airport: Rialto Municipal/Miro Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1293° N, 117.4020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Rialto Municipal Miro Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1293&lon=-117.4020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6976P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6976P-1997-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 120 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890307012489I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP. DISTRACTED BY RADIO MALFUNCTION.

## Other reports on N6976P (1)

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

- [Accident 19941013034849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941013034849A), Oct 13, 1994: Piper PA24250 (N6976P), Lone Pine, CA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff. Lifted early to recover. Settled sideways. Folded gear. Steering rod broken.

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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