# Incident 19990804023649I: Piper PA24260, Winchester, VA, August 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8803P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8803P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,175 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990804023649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INBOUND TO OKV; VFR APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14; LISTENING TO CTAF; ANNOUNCED DOWNWIND LEG; OTHER PERSON CALLED DOWNWIND; TRIMMED FOR LANDING; TURNED BASE; OTHERS ANNOUNCED LEFT AND RIGHT BASE; DID NOT DO GUMP CHECK.  LANDING UNEVENTFUL UNTIL CONTACT WITH GROUND.  GEAR HANDLE FOUND IN DOWN POSITION BY FBO PERSONNEL (AERO SERVICE, INC.) BUT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO POSITION WHEN TESTED USING LANDING GEAR MOTOR.  GEAR DID LOCK USING MANUAL EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE.  FAA INSPECTORS FOUND GEAR CB POPPED.

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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