# Incident 20020101002509I: Piper PA24250, Fort Smith, AR, January 1, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2002, 10:58 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7084P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7084P) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 2 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020101002509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITH VERY LIMITED EXPERIENCE IN MAKE AND MODEL, THE PILOT DEPARTED TOPEKA KANSAS ENROUTE TO MENA ARKANSAS. DURING THE FLIGHT THE BATTERY LOST ITS CHARGE AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT FORT SMITH ARKANSAS. A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT REVEALED HE DID NOT KNOW OR UNDERSTAND THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES OF THIS AIRCRAFT. AFTER LANDING THE GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N7084P (2)

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

- [Incident 20190110007399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190110007399I), Jan 10, 2019: Piper PA-24-250 (N7084P), Conway, AR, Minor damage. On 10 jan 2019 at or about 1800L N7084P a Piper PA-24-250 serial number 24-2237 landed at the Conway ar airport (cxw) with without the landing gear extended…
- [Accident 19800601017599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800601017599A), Jun 1, 1980: Piper PA24250 (N7084P), Kamuela, HI, Substantial damage. Overshot runway while landing downwind. Skidded off end of runway sideways into rocks.

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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