# Accident 19890520012149A: Piper PA24250, San Diego, CA, May 20, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1989, 13:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8157° N, 117.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8157&lon=-117.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6545P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6545P-2013-04-30) (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 PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 5 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890520012149A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET LOCKDOWN LIGHT ON RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHICH THEN COLLAPSED ON LANDING. DOWN LOCK SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED.

## 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 LAX89LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA201), May 20, 1989: Piper PA-24-250 (N6545P), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DUE TO A BENT ROD END WHICH PREVENTED THE LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK TO LOCK OVER CENTER.

## Other reports on N6545P (1)

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

- [Incident 19900129011399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900129011399I), Jan 29, 1990: Piper PA24250 (N6545P), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on takeoff roll. Switch in up position. Stated handle possibly bumped previously.

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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