19951121041779I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Yucca Valley, CA · November 21, 1995

Date
November 21, 1995 · 17:10 local
Place
Yucca Valley, CA
Airport
Yucca Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100VF
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total400 in this make and model70 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.

Narrative: aircraft departed joshua tree airport (L80) at sunset with subsequent night landings at Yucca Valley Airport (L22). The pilot was initially unable to activate the pilot controlled runway lighting system (pcl). Although the pcl eventually functioned correctly, the pilot became distracted and forgot to lower the landing gear. The aircraft sustained minor damage and there were no injuries to either the pilot or his passenger. privacy data omitted This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED JOSHUA TREE AIRPORT (L80) AT SUNSET WITH SUBSEQUENT NIGHT LANDINGS AT YUCCA VALLEY AIRPORT (L22). THE PILOT WAS INITIALLY UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE PILOT CONTROLLED RUNWAY LIGHTING SYSTEM (PCL). ALTHOUGH THE PCL EVENTUALLY FUNCTIONED CORRECTLY, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

Other reports on N100VF · 1

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