34.2138° N, 119.0944° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 24, 1989 · 22:15 local
Place
Oxnard, CA
Airport
Camarillo Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N66XC
Reported as
Piper PA39
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,770 total1,200 in this make and model284 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
All three landing gears collapsed on the night landing. On testing gear would not remain down and locked.
As the FAA filed it
ALL THREE LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED ON THE NIGHT LANDING. ON TESTING GEAR WOULD NOT REMAIN DOWN AND LOCKED.