20110211001649I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Lynchburg, VA · February 11, 2011

Date
February 11, 2011 · 16:30 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Falwell Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6780P
Reported as
Piper PA-24-250
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total50 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot states the landing gear was inoperative. Pilot failed to properly extend the gear using the emergency extension procedures. Pilots numerous attempts to improperly lower the gear using the emergency extension caused the landing gear motor to emit smoke. Aircraft landed gear up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATES THE LANDING GEAR WAS INOPERATIVE. PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES. PILOTS NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO IMPROPERLY LOWER THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR TO EMIT SMOKE. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP.