# Incident 19951121041779I: Piper PA32R300, Yucca Valley, CA, November 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1995, 17:10 local time
- Place: Yucca Valley, CA
- Airport: Yucca Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1298° N, 116.4069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUCCA VALLEY (L22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1298&lon=-116.4069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100VF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100VF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951121041779I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20231108017579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231108017579A), Nov 8, 2023: Piper PA-32R-300 (N100VF), Florala, AL, Substantial damage. While performing touch and go's at 0J4 with CFI in the right seat [privacy data omitted] landed gear up, skidded to a stop and was towed to the ramp. PIC and…

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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