# Incident 20020119002089I: Piper PA24250, Moab, UT, January 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2002, 12:45 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Airport: Canyonlands Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7576° N, 109.7535° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANYONLANDS RGNL (CNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7576&lon=-109.7535&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7176P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7176P-2018-03-05) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020119002089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01-19-02 THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED CANYONLANDS AIRPORT MOAB, UTAH. THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT FULLY RETRACT. THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT CAUSED BY THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR OVERHEATING. THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR BY THE EMERGENCY/MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURE. HE THEN MADE A FLY-BY FOR GROUND PERSONNEL TO CHECK THE LANDING GEAR. GROUND PERSONNEL STATED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. THE AIRPLANE LANDED AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE STATED HE HAS NOT DECIDED WHO WILL REPAIR HIS AIRPLANE. HE WILL CONTACT THIS OFFICE WHEN HE DECIDES WHO WILL REPAIR THE AIRPLANE. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AFTER THE REPAIRS ARE MADE.

## Other reports on N7176P (1)

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

- [Incident 20091022020379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091022020379I), Oct 22, 2009: Piper PA24250 (N7176P), Farmington, NM, Minor damage. On October 22, 2009, N7176P, a PA-24-250, departed fmn enroute to camarillo, CA. During climbout, the pilot turned off the electric fuel pump and the engine…

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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