# Incident 19990315039919I: Piper PA24250, Mulberry, FL, March 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1999, 18:00 local time
- Place: Mulberry, FL
- Airport: South Lakeland Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9334° N, 82.0440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH LAKELAND (X49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9334&lon=-82.0440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6981P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6981P) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990315039919I

## Narrative

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

LANDING AT SOUTH LAKE AIRPORT (X49) DID NOT NOTICE GEAR INDICTATION. LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED DOING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6981P (1)

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

- [Accident 19901111049759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901111049759A), Nov 11, 1990: Piper PA24250 (N6981P), Oswego, KS, Substantial damage. Too high and fast for landing . Began go around. Engine quit. Crash landed off runway. Fuel selector on empty tank.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.