# Incident 19850722038309I: Piper PA30, Bluefield, WV, July 22, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1985, 17:00 local time
- Place: Bluefield, WV
- Airport: Mercer County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2959° N, 81.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCER COUNTY (BLF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2959&lon=-81.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8344Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8344Y-2001-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850722038309I

## Narrative

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

ATTENTION DIVERTED AND PILOT FAILED TO LOWER GEAR FOR LANDING.

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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