# Incident 20140421005389I: Piper PA-24-250, Wendover, UT, April 21, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2014, 14:20 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Airport: Wendover Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7187° N, 114.0287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WENDOVER (ENV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7187&lon=-114.0287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8166P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8166P-2014-10-03) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 130 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140421005389I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM PLACERVILLE, CA (PVF) TO BOULDER, CO (BDU) AND DIVERTED TO WENDOVER, UT (ENV) DUE TO DOOR POPPING OPEN IN FLIGHT; POSSIBLE WIND AND EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION LANDED GEARUP, PROP STRIKE, UNKNOWN OTHER DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. 4/22/2014 INSPECTED RUNWAY MARKS FROM A/C LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER STRIKES. A/C SKID ON ITS BELLY APPROX. 1300-1400 FEET BEFORE IT CAME TO REST. INSPECTED A/C ON THE RAMP WHERE THE A/P MANAGER HAD IT TIED DOWN. A/C WAS RESTING ON TIRES WITH LANDING GEAR SHOWING PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. GEAR HANDLE WAS DOWN AND GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. DAMAGE WAS CONFIRMED TO THE PROPELLER AND BELLY SKINS, STROBE LIGHT WAS GROUND DOWN AND OTHER  BELLY ANTENNAS WERE DAMAMGED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION NEEDED ONCE THE AIRCRAFT IS PUT ON JACKS.

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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