# Incident 19951002038189I: Piper PA24180, Valentine, NE, October 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1995, 14:00 local time
- Place: Valentine, NE
- Airport: Miller Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8567° N, 100.5490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLER FLD (VTN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8567&lon=-100.5490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5807P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5807P) (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 PA24180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951002038189I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PIPER PA-24-180, N5807P, S/N 24-887, DEPARTED THE VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ON OCTOBER 2, 1995, APPROXIMATELY 1240 CDT. UPON ARRIVAL AT MILLER FIELD, VALENTINE, NEBRASKA THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), ELDON E. NYGAARD, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE 1751798, FAILED TO SELECT A GEAR DOWN POSITION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN. THE PIC, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, INCURRED NO INJURY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N5807P (1)

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

- [Incident 20060901017409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060901017409I), Sep 1, 2006: Piper PA24 (N5807P), Gallup, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On September 1, 2006, at 1820 MDT a Piper comanche PA-24, N5807P registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] landed gear up at Gallup Municipal…

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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