# Accident 20190824023939A: Piper PA-24-250, Wendover, NV, August 24, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2019, 17:45 local time
- Place: Wendover, NV
- Airport: Wendover Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7189° N, 114.0306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7189&lon=-114.0306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6696P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6696P-2020-01-10) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA239) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190824023939A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE APPROACHING WENDOVER FIELD AND ACTIVATED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH AND WATCHED FOR THE CONFIRMATION LIGHT TO COME ON.  THE LIGHT WAS DARK.  THE PILOT ACTIVATED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THE CONFIRMATION LIGHT DID NOT COME ON.  THE EMERGENCY RELEASE LEVER WAS ACTIVATED FOR THE LANDING GEAR BUT NOTHING HAPPENED.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER TRIED THE SWITCH AND LANDING GEAR HANDLE OVER AND OVER MANY TIMES, BUT STILL NOTHING HAPPENED.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND A MEDICAL HELICOPTER IN THE AREA REPORTED SEEING THE GEAR ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN.  THE PILOT TRIED G-FORCE MANEUVERS UP AND DOWN AND SIDE TO SIDE WITH NO CHANGE TO THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE TOWER THAT THEY HAD TO LAND AND HAD NO OTHER OPTIONS.  THE TOWER DIRECTED THE PILOT TO LAND IN THE DIRT ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, GEAR UP, AND CAME TO REST WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR19LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA239), Aug 24, 2019: Piper PA24 (N6696P), Wendover, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the landing gear solenoid, which resulted in failure of the landing gear position switch, and the pilot's subsequent inability to extend the gear using the manual emergency extension…

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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