# Incident 20040430006529I: Piper PA24250, Columbia, SC, April 30, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2004, 20:40 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Owens Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6799P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6799P) (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: 7,015 total, 161 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040430006529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FOLLOWING FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE GEAR UP LANDING OF N6799P, ON MAY 1, 2004: 1. MR. LINTNER HAS APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS IN A PIPER PA-24, IN THE LAST NINETY DAYS, INCLUDING THE FLIGHT DOWN TO HILTON HEAD. 2. THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH HAS A NEUTRAL POSITION THAT COULD BE CONFUSED WITH THE DOWN POSITION. 3. MR. LINTNER'S POWER SETTING WAS PROBABLY ABOVE 12 INCHES OF MERCURY ON FINAL SO THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WOULD NOT HAVE SOUNDED. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM PERFORMED CORRECTLY ON THREE SEPARATE CYCLES. EVEN IF THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED, AND MR. LINTNER HAD SELECTED THE DOWN POSITION ON THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH, THE LANDING GEAR INDICATING LIGHT (GREEN) WOULD NOT HAVE ILLUMINATED INDICATED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.

## Other reports on N6799P (2)

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

- [Accident 20250116006199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250116006199A), Jan 16, 2025: Piper PA-24-250 (N6799P), Bentonville, AR, Substantial damage. On January 16, 2025, at approximately 15:20 CST, a Piper PA-24-250, [privacy data omitted], sustained substantial damaged after a forced landing in a field…
- [Incident 20181001019389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181001019389I), Oct 1, 2018: Piper PA-24-250 (N6799P), Camden, SC, Minor damage. Pilot was distracted and failed to extend landing 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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