# Incident 19990802023199I: Piper PA24180, Point Pleasant, WV, August 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1999, 13:30 local time
- Place: Point Pleasant, WV
- Airport: Mason County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9146° N, 82.0986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON COUNTY (3I2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9146&lon=-82.0986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5026P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5026P-2009-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,320 total, 100 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990802023199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN, THE PILOT HEARD THE GEAR HORN BUT WAS DISTRACTED BY THE PRETTY DAY AND GOOD FLYING WEATHER, HE JUST SIMPLY FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. IEA091999010.

## Other reports on N5026P (2)

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

- [Incident 19910827041189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910827041189I), Aug 27, 1991: Piper PA24 (N5026P), Point Pleasant, WV, Minor damage. Pilot landed with gear retracted. Placed gear lever in down position but did not check if gear visually down.
- [Incident 19830123007219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830123007219I), Jan 23, 1983: Piper PA24 (N5026P), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on rollout. Found landing gear conduit P/N465-180 was crimped at jack screw end.

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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