# Incident 19910725047729I: Piper PA24, Olympia, WA, July 25, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1991, 12:56 local time
- Place: Olympia, WA
- Airport: Olympia
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9653° N, 122.8915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OLYMPIA (0WN4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9653&lon=-122.8915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5208P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5208P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910725047729I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS DISTRACTED DUE TO GEAR PROBLEM AND GOT OFF COURSE ON FINAL. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N5208P (1)

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

- [Incident 20100316030079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100316030079I), Mar 16, 2010: Piper PA-24 (N5208P), Bellaire, MI, Minor damage. Pilot returning to acb from N98 after getting fuel, stated that he was distracted with a slight engine vibration and forgot to put the landing gear down.

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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