# Incident 19960414013579I: Piper PA31310, Calexico, CA, April 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1996, 13:35 local time
- Place: Calexico, CA
- Airport: Calexico International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6674° N, 115.5176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CALEXICO INTL (CXL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6674&lon=-115.5176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3949W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3949W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-A1A (registry code 41966, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540A1A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 90 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960414013579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 4/14/96, N3949W, A PIPER AIRCRAFT MODEL PA-31, EXECUTED AN APPROACH FOR LANDING, RUNWAY 26 (CXL). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR-UP. THE PILOT AND FOUR PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATES THAT SHORTLY FOLLOWING HIS TURN TO A ONE MILE FINAL, HE NOTICED RUNWAY TRAFFIC MOVING VERY SLOWLY. HE ELECTED TO KEEP HIS GEAR RETRACTED FOR A POSSIBLE GO-AROUND. HE FURTHER STATES THE TRAFFIC CLEARED THE ACTIVE RUNWAY SOONER THAN HE EXPECTED AND HE HASTILY RESUMED THE APPROACH FOR LANDING; HOWEVER, HE FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A NMAC OR A PILOT DEVIATION.

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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