# Incident 20230612009439I: Piper PA-24-260, Arcadia, FL, June 12, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2023, 12:43 local time
- Place: Arcadia, FL
- Airport: Arcadia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1953° N, 81.8382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARCADIA MUNI (X06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1953&lon=-81.8382&mi=10
- Aircraft: N617ED, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N617ED) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,796 total, 52 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230612009439I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/12/2023, 1243 EDT, THE PIC OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA-24-260, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ARCADIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FL. THE PIC WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM MANATEE AIRPORT, FL (48X) TO RIVER OAK AIRPORT, FL (00FL). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY WHILE THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED. THE PIC WAS UNINJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

IN REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE SURROUNDING THIS INCIDENT, THE PIC WAS AT THE CONTROLS OF^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE CRUISING AT 1,000 FT. EN ROUTE TO 00FL, WHEN HE NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND PREPARED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING, THE PIC REPORTED THAT HE PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITON AND BEGAN TO PUMP THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION LEVER TO EXTEND THE GEAR. THE PIC ALSO STATED THAT HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER AND AVIONICS SWITCHES AS HE BELIEVED THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE TO BE ELECTRICAL. THE PIC SAID HE NOTICED THAT 48X WAS THE NEAREST AIRPORT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN AT X48, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY AS THE GEAR MOVED TO ITS UP POSITION. THE PIC REPORTED IN HIS STATEMENT THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT IN ITS FULL DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION AND COULD NOT BE VERIFIED DUE TO THE MASTER SWITCH BEING TURNED OFF.

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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