# Incident 20000812023729I: Piper PA24, Mcalester, OK, August 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2000, 10:42 local time
- Place: Mcalester, OK
- Airport: Mcalester Regionall Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9261° N, 95.7736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAlester, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9261&lon=-95.7736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5066P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5066P) (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 PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000812023729I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM ALABAMA TO ALTUS, OK., WHEN THE ENGINE EXHAUST STACK BROKE ABOVE THE MUFFLER ALLOWING FUMES INTO THE CABIN. THE PILOT LANDED AT MCALESTER, OK., AND UPON LANDING, THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND, ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ON THE BELLY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM SKIN ON THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT REPORTED  THAT THE GEAR CURCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED OUT.  PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD SMELL THE EXHAUST AND IT BACAME HARD TO THINK AND HIS JUDGEMENT WAS BECOMING IMPAIRED.

## Other reports on N5066P (1)

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

- [Incident 19931030050839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931030050839I), Oct 30, 1993: Piper PA24 (N5066P), Baytown, TX, Minor damage. Fuel cap loose on climbout. Returned. 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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