# Incident 20000916029529I: Piper PA24250, Hatteras, NC, September 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2000, 09:27 local time
- Place: Hatteras, NC
- Airport: Billy Mitchell Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2328° N, 75.6178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLY MITCHELL (HSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2328&lon=-75.6178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5315P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5315P) (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 O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000916029529I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO CAPE HATTERAS, NC WHEN PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. HE WAS CLOSE TO HIS DESTINATION AT BILLY MITCHELL FIELD AT CAPE HATTERAS AND THOUGH HE COULD MAKE IT TO THE FIELD.  THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN POWER SO HE ELECTED TO LAND ON THE BEACH BETWEEN SALVO AND AVON, NC.  HE LANDED IN THE EDGE OF THE SURF WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE; THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5315P (1)

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

- [Accident 19770912027369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770912027369A), Sep 12, 1977: Piper PA24250 (N5315P), White Lake, NY, Substantial damage

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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