# Incident 19911001050979I: Piper PA30, Tucson, AZ, October 1, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1991, 09:45 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Avra Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8244Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8244Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,709 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911001050979I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR ON A PRACTICE SINGLE  ENGINE APPROACH. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N8244Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20200604008439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200604008439I), Jun 4, 2020: Piper PA-30 (N8244Y), Salem, OR, Minor damage. On Thursday, June 4, 2020, a Piper PA-30, registered as N8244Y, was on a VFR flight from rogue valley international - medford airport (kmfr) in medford, OR,…

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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