# Incident 20000826026729I: Lakeac 250(LAKE), Orofino, ID, August 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2000, 08:45 local time
- Place: Orofino, ID
- Airport: Orofino Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4920° N, 116.2754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OROFINO MUNI (S68), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4920&lon=-116.2754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26LA-2009-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerofab LAKE LA-250 (registry code 5110321, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerofab-lake-la-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAKEAC 250(LAKE)
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 658 total, 76 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000826026729I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE LANDING AT OROFINO, ID AIRPORT, GEAR WAS NOT FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED GEAR COLLAPSED AND DOORS WERE SCRAPED. PILOT INADVERTANTLY TURNED HYDRAULIC SWITCH OFF, THUS GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED DOWN. SWITCH NEEDS COVER.  AFTER LANDING, PILOT TURNED PUMP ON, WHICH LIFTED NOSE UP.

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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