# Incident 19980606025369I: Piper PA32R300, Torrance, CA, June 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1998, 15:45 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N924SM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N924SM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 272 total, 21 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980606025369I

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS RADIOS WERE GETTING WEAK, HE COULD NOT HEAR HIM. TOWER CLEARED HIM TO LAND AND HE RESPONDED BY ROCKING HIS WINGS AS INSTRUCTED BY TOWER. THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOTED THAT THE GEAR LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT THEN SELECTED THE EMERGENCY GAER RELEASE AND ASSUMED THAT THE GEAR EXTENDED. ON SHORT FINAL THE TOWER NOTED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED AND GAVE THE "RED GUN" SIGNAL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MISSED THE SIGNAL AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N924SM (1)

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

- [Incident 20200328003059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200328003059I), Mar 28, 2020: Piper PA-32R-300 (N924SM), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. PIC statement of events: It was a function check flight after taking ownership of the aircraft. I started with an engine runup and high speed taxi to check…

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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