# Incident 20091022020379I: Piper PA24250, Farmington, NM, October 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2009, 10:45 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 700 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091022020379I

## Narrative

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

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 STARTED TO QUIT.  HE TURNED THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP BACK ON AND RETURNED TO KFMN TO LAND.  IN THE PATTERN, HE EXTENDED THE GEAR AND THE GEAR FAILED TO COMPLETELY EXTEND.  HE COMMUNICATED WITH THE FMN TOWER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE GEAR WERE PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  HE DEPARTED THE PATTERN, SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR. WHEN HE TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR, THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION.  HE RETURNED TO KFMN AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  ON TOUCH DOWM, THE GEAR RETRACTED.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE, GEAR AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N7176P (1)

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

- [Incident 20020119002089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020119002089I), Jan 19, 2002: Piper PA24250 (N7176P), Moab, UT, Minor damage. (-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…

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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