# Incident 20011019031769I: Piper PA24260, Clarksville, VA, October 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2001, 14:10 local time
- Place: Clarksville, VA
- Airport: Marks Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6160° N, 78.5648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarksville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6160&lon=-78.5648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9243P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9243P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,262 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011019031769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 19, 2001, MR. NOAH, AS PIC OF N9243P, COMPLETED A PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT AND ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 22 AT MARKS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (W63). MR. NOAH ANNOUNCED HIS POSITION ON UNICOM AND EXCHANGED A FEW PLEASANTRIES WITH THE PILOT OF A BONANZA WAITING FOR DEPARTURE. MR. NOAH DID NOT COMPLETE THE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST, AS HE WAS IN THE HABIT OF DOING, AND HE LANDED WITH THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N9243P (1)

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

- [Incident 19940826033859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940826033859I), Aug 26, 1994: Piper PA24260 (N9243P), Clarksville, VA, Minor damage. Failed to extend gear for landing.

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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