# Incident 19891014055179I: Piper PA24260, Rancho Calif, CA, October 14, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Rancho Calif, CA
- Airport: French Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5742° N, 117.1285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRENCH VALLEY (F70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5742&lon=-117.1285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8694P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8694P-1999-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,173 total, 74 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891014055179I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND LANDED WITH GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N8694P (1)

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

- [Accident 19990502046689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502046689A), May 2, 1999: Piper PA24260 (N8694P), Juneau, AK, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) On may 2, 1999 about 1215 Alaska daylight time, david mckenzie and a passenger in a PA-24-260 were reported as missing and presumed to have crashed in…

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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