# Incident 19980228006609I: Piper PA24180, San Diego, CA, February 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1998, 11:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5015P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5015P-2021-01-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 21 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980228006609I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 28, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 PST, N5015P, A PIPER PA-24-180 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING LANDING, WHEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY PRIVATE PILOT HARRY B. HANSEN UNDER FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BROWN FIELD MUNICIPAL, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 PST, VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT SHORTLY FOLLOWING DEPARTURE HE NOTICED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. HE RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH BUT THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT AND THE GEAR WAS NOT RETURNED BACK TO ITS NORMAL ELECTRIC OPERATION CONFIGURATION. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO A NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION.

## Other reports on N5015P (1)

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

- [Incident 20190709015929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190709015929I), Jul 9, 2019: Piper PA-24 (N5015P), Ramona, CA, Minor damage. Pilot and instructor were doing takeoffs and landings at rnm (Ramona) airport. On the second landing they were instructed to make a full stop landing. When…

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