# Incident 19980322009879I: Piper PA44180, Visalia, CA, March 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1998, 12:55 local time
- Place: Visalia, CA
- Airport: Visalia Municipal
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3186° N, 119.3929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VISALIA MUNI (VIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3186&lon=-119.3929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2199Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2199Z-2018-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (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 PA44180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 357 total, 70 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980322009879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. GEWOLF DEPARTED THE FRESNO YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (FAT) AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 HOURS LOCAL TIME FOR THE VISALIA MUNI AIRPORT (VIS). BOTH AIRPORTS IN CALIFORNIA. WHILE PRACTICING LANDINGS AT THE VISALIA MUNI AIRPORT, MR. GEWOLF LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 30 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:55 HOURS LOCAL TIME. MR. GEWOLF WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N2199Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19800220026799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800220026799I), Feb 20, 1980: Piper PA44180 (N2199Z), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear.

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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