# Incident 19910125016769I: Piper PA24250, Sturgis, MI, January 25, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1991, 15:50 local time
- Place: Sturgis, MI
- Airport: Kirsch Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8133° N, 85.4390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIRSCH MUNI (IRS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8133&lon=-85.4390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5651P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5651P) (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: 405 total, 307 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910125016769I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N5651P (1)

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

- [Incident 20040619013759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040619013759I), Jun 19, 2004: Piper PA24250 (N5651P), Holland, MI, Minor damage. (-23) 6/19/04 At 10:43 am Piper aircraft PA-24-250 landed at Tulip City Airport in Holland, MI. At the time of the landing pilot may have accidently retracted…

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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