# Incident 19890830040629I: Piper PA24250, Houston, TX, August 30, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1989, 13:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Andrau Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7225° N, 95.5883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Andrau Airpark, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7225&lon=-95.5883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6167P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6167P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890830040629I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET GEAR LOCKED DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP. RIGHT CABLE PUSH PULL TUBE HAD SEPARATED FROM CABLE SUPPORT.

## Other reports on N6167P (1)

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

- [Incident 19890105005979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890105005979I), Jan 5, 1989: Piper PA24 (N6167P), Georgetown, TX, Minor damage. Left main gear folded on rollout. Aircraft skidded off runway. Struck a fence. Operating rod failed to lock gear.

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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