# Incident 20021023032589I: Piper PA24, Richmond, VA, October 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2002, 14:45 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Chesterfield County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8205P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8205P-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 610 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021023032589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCT. 23, 2002, MR. JAMES H. FIELDS DEPARTED RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL (RIC) APPROXIMATELY 1445 IN HIS PIPER PA24 SERIES AIRCRAFT FOR A LOCAL PROFICIENCY FLIGHT WITH A STOP AT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT (FCI). ON THE APPROACH MR. FIELDS STATED HE WAS SLIGHTLY HIGH FOR RW15 AND BECAME DISTRACTED. HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED AND MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED.

## Other reports on N8205P (1)

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

- [Incident 20010712018439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010712018439I), Jul 12, 2001: Piper PA24 (N8205P), West Point, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Flight departed richmond int'l airport (ric) to middle peninsula regional airport (W97) to practice takeoffs and landings. On first approach to runway…

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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