# Incident 19970811028089I: Piper PA28R201T, Carlsbad, CA, August 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1997, 19:00 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4068Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4068Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970811028089I

## Narrative

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

NOTED UNSAFE LIGHT LEFT GEAR ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED. GEAR COLLAPSED. EXITED RUNWAY. 40HRS AFTER ANNUAL INSPECTION

## Other reports on N4068Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19971224043579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971224043579I), Dec 24, 1997: Piper PA28201T (N4068Q), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot stated that when he turned onto the runway, the green downlock landing gear indicators "flickered" and the right landing gear folded into the…

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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