# Incident 19980301047299I: Piper PA24250, High Point, NC, March 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1998, 15:10 local time
- Place: High Point, NC
- Airport: Darr Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9069° N, 79.9898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DARR FLD (NC03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9069&lon=-79.9898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7753P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7753P) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 143 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/19980301047299I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT MR. BUTLER LANDED AT NC03 (DAR FIELD). THIS GRASS FIELD WAS WET AND SOFT.  ON LANDING THE NOSE AND MAIN GEAR SANK INTO THE SOFT GROUND AND WERE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS THE GROUND ON ITS LOWER FUSELAGE.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDES; ENGINE, PROPELLER, GEAR (ALL) AND SKIN.

## Other reports on N7753P (1)

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

- [Incident 19960409010099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960409010099I), Apr 9, 1996: Piper PA24250 (N7753P), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 9, 1996, at 1845 EDT, a Piper PA-24-250, N7753P, registered to timothy j. butler, had the landing gear collapse during the landing roll out…

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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