# Incident 19910516021019I: Piper PA24260, Montgomery, NY, May 16, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1991, 17:20 local time
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5118° N, 74.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (MGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5118&lon=-74.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8989P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8989P-2026-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 825 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910516021019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N8989P (1)

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

- [Incident 19950505013689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950505013689I), May 5, 1995: Piper PA24260 (N8989P), Lynchburg, VA, Minor damage. Unable to lock gear down. Landed on partially extended gear. Unskilled in emergency extension. Damage hid problem.

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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