# Incident 20040109000299I: Piper PA24250, Gainesville, TX, January 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2004, 13:03 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Gainesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6522° N, 97.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE MUNI (GLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6522&lon=-97.1973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7156P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7156P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 700 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040109000299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01-09-04 AT 1303 CST, A PA-24-250, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7156P, OWNED BY WEINZAPFEL, JOE M. AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE LANDING ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 7T0 ON 01-09-04 AT 1300 CST.

## Other reports on N7156P (1)

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

- [Incident 19790514026799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790514026799I), May 14, 1979: Piper PA24250 (N7156P), Dodge City, KS, Minor damage. Gear could not be extended for landing. Probable cause was rust and caked grease on cables.

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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