# Incident 19900701035899I: Piper PA24250, La Grande, OR, July 1, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1990, 11:30 local time
- Place: La Grande, OR
- Airport: La Grande/Union County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2891° N, 118.0061° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA GRANDE/UNION COUNTY (LGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2891&lon=-118.0061&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6824P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6824P) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 125 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900701035899I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP. PASSENGER INADVERTENLY PLACED BOX ON EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE. CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED.

## Other reports on N6824P (1)

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

- [Accident 19940727019579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940727019579A), Jul 27, 1994: Piper PA24250 (N6824P), Nampa, ID, Substantial damage. Lost power after liftoff. Aborted. Ran off end runway. Struck a fence. NR4 cylinder had cracked.

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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