# Incident 19960929035609I: Piper PA24250, Big Bear, CA, September 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2638° N, 116.8560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIG BEAR CITY (L35), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2638&lon=-116.8560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7973P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7973P-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total, 250 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960929035609I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT OF THIS FAMILY OWNED COMMANCHE WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR UP LANDING. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM THE HEMET-RYAN AIRPORT FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO THE BIG BEAR CITY AIRPORT. THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD STATED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE LANDING. VISIBILITY WAS EXCELLENT, AND WINDS WERE CALM. IT HAD BEEN THIS PILOT'S PROCEDURE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR WHEN ON DOWNWIND, AND TO RECHECK LANDING GEAR SAFE WHEN ON FINAL. ON THIS FLIGHT, THE PILOT DEVIATED FROM HIS NORMAL PROCEDURES, AND DID NOT MAKE HIS CUSTOMARY CHECKS. PILOT SAID HE HAD NO EXCUSE FOR NEGLECTING THE GEAR CHECKS. WHEN THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED ON FINAL, HE ASSUMED IT WAS A STALL WARNING, AND ADDED A LITTLE POWER WHICH SILENCED THE HORN. WHEN THE HORN CAME ON AGAIN JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, PILOT AGAIN IGNORED THE HORN, ASSUMING IT WAS A STALL WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER AND BELLY SKIN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N7973P (1)

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

- [Accident 20180612007639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180612007639A), Jun 12, 2018: Piper PA-24-250 (N7973P), Chehalis, WA, Substantial damage. On landing airman did not pull throttle to the idle position and the aircraft began to porpise and departed to the side of the runway.

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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