# Incident 19800518052629I: Piper PA24250, Orcas, WA, May 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: Orcas, WA
- Airport: East Sound
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5979° N, 122.9446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orcas, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5979&lon=-122.9446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6263P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6263P) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518052629I

## Narrative

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

GEAR UP LANDING MADE. SUSPECT PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND.

## Other reports on N6263P (1)

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

- [Accident 20181018020279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181018020279A), Oct 18, 2018: Piper PA-24-250 (N6263P), Madras, OR, Minor damage. Pilot stated that he had decided to practice engine out procedures and had pulled back the power to idle for the procedure. He stated he had conciously left…

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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