# Incident 20001201018839I: Piper PA24250, Fort Stewart, GA, December 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fort Stewart, GA
- Airport: Wright Aaf
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8812° N, 81.6132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Stewart, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8812&lon=-81.6132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5551P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5551P) (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 IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 311 total, 233 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001201018839I

## Narrative

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

(-23)LOCAL FLIGHT: LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND BY NORMAL, ELECTRICAL MEANS. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR BY ALTERNATE, MECHANICAL MEANS WITHOUT SUCCESS.  FLY-BY AT WRIGHT AAF CONFIRMED THAT MAIN GEAR WERE PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAYS.  SOME DAMAGE TO PROPELLOR AND GEAR.

## Other reports on N5551P (1)

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

- [Incident 19950728034579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950728034579I), Jul 28, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N5551P), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Crashed on landing at airport.

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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