# Incident 20000716035199I: Piper PA24250, Farmville, VA, July 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Farmville, VA
- Airport: Farmville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3575° N, 78.4378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FARMVILLE RGNL (FVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3575&lon=-78.4378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5333P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5333P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 30 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/20000716035199I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON LOCAL FLIGHT FROM FVX. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CALL THE UNICOM FOR LANDING , BUT HIS RADIOS DID NOT WORK AND HE COULD NOT GET THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. AFTER CIRLING THE AIRPORT ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.   THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RADIOS AND LANDING GEAR WORKED NORMAL. DUE TO THE PILOT SEAT LOCATION AND SWITCH LOCATION THE PILOT HAD TROUBLE SEEING THE SWITCHES.  HE WAS CYCLING THE BOOST PUMP SWITCH INSTEAD OF THE BATTERY MASTER SWITCH.THERE WAS NO FLIGHT MANUAL ONBOARD AND THE PILOT COULD NOT REMEMBER HOW TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR IN EMERGENCY MODE.  THE PILOT HAD ONLY A BRIEF AIRCRAFT CHECKOUT.

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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