# Incident 19800912084019I: Piper PA28R201T, China Lake, CA, September 12, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: China Lake, CA
- Airport: Naval Air Facilit
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6508° N, 117.6617° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of China Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6508&lon=-117.6617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2881M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2881M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800912084019I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR FOR LANDING. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N2881M (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930606038819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930606038819I), Jun 6, 1993: Piper PA28R201T (N2881M), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. Tower advised pilot make short approach. Forgot to lower gear. Made go around as propeller struck runway and landed
- [Incident 19791206046109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791206046109I), Dec 6, 1979: Piper PA28/ (N2881M), Auburn, CA. En route, engine began running rough. Diverted, landed safely. Found fouled sparkplug.

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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