# Incident 20110211001649I: Piper PA-24-250, Lynchburg, VA, February 11, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Falwell Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3779° N, 79.1222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALWELL (W24), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3779&lon=-79.1222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6780P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6780P) (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 PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 50 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110211001649I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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