# Incident 19910219005869I: Piper PA24250, Marion, VA, February 19, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1991, 13:30 local time
- Place: Marion, VA
- Airport: Mountain Empire Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8948° N, 81.3499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNTAIN EMPIRE (MKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8948&lon=-81.3499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7561P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7561P) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 302 total, 50 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910219005869I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL. RETURNED. UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N7561P (1)

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

- [Incident 19920511017439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920511017439I), May 11, 1992: Piper PA24250 (N7561P), Marion, VA, Minor damage. Unable to retract or extend right gear after takeoff. Landed with gear retracted.

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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