# Incident 20001202037979I: Piper PA24250, Morgantown, WV, December 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2000, 13:31 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Morgantown Municipal-Walter L Bill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5844P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5844P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001202037979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IEA 092001002 ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^WAS CFI AND PILOT IN COMMAND. HE WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA O^PRIVATE PILOT WHO WAS SEATED IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT. ^PRIVACY DATA^EXPLAINED THAT ON THEIR THIRD PRACTICE LANDING AT WAYNESBURG AIRPORT, PA (WAY), THE LANDING WOULD NOT CYCLE DOWN AND THE LANDING MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WOULD NOT RESES. ^PRIVACY DATA^ TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE LANDING GEAR WAS JAMMED IN A POSITION WHERE IT WOULD NOT GIVE ANY GEAR MOVEMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA^THEN CHOOSE TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO MORGANTOWN, WV. HART FIELD FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BASED AT MORGANTOWN, WV. ^PRIVACY DATA^MADE A FLY-BY THE TOWER AND THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA^CIRCLED THE FIELD WHILE BURNING EXCESS FUEL AND BEFORE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ATTEMPT WAS MADE ANOTHER TRY TO RAISE OR LOWER GEAR ONE MORE TIME ^PRIVACY DATA^THEN STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR DID MOVE ABOUT ONE INCH BUT NO MORE. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES NOTED. (SEE ATTACHED SHEET)

## Other reports on N5844P (4)

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

- [Accident 20220102000529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220102000529A), Jan 2, 2022: Piper PA-24-250 (N5844P), Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. The pilot attempted to land at the park river airport north of gfk. He attempted to put the gear down and it would not come down. He ran the emergency gear…
- [Accident 20040406005699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040406005699A), Apr 6, 2004: Piper PA24250 (N5844P), Overland Park, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was enroute from henry co. airport (7W5), napoleon, OH, to new century aircenter (kixd) in olathe, KS. The engine failed due to fuel exhaustion…
- [Incident 19940422016509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940422016509I), Apr 22, 1994: Piper PA24250 (N5844P), Fremont, MI, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.
- [Accident 19850512016599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850512016599A), May 12, 1985: Piper PA24250 (N5844P), Savannah, GA, Substantial damage. Unable to use VOR receiver properly. Got lost, landed at savanah without calling tower. Forgot to extend the gear.

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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