# Incident 19990428020659I: Piper PA24250, Sacramento, CA, April 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1999, 11:10 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7852P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7852P-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990428020659I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AT LINCOLN AIRPORT. GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. EMERGENCY EXTENSION DID NOT EXTEND GEAR. PILOT LANDED GEAR UP AT SMF ON RUNWAY 34L. INSPECTION OF NOSE GEAR SHOWED THAT IT WAS MECHANICALLY JAMMED IN THE UP POSITION. OWNER (SIC) STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING NOSE STRUT INFLATION PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT FLIGHT. MORE INFORMATION TO COME WHEN RECORDS AND AIRCRAFT CAN BE BETTER INSPECTED.

## Other reports on N7852P (2)

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

- [Accident 20041102027709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041102027709A), Nov 2, 2004: Piper PA24250 (N7852P), Ogden, UT, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft was inbound for landing at the Ogden, Utah airport and had been cleared to enter left downwind for runway 34. Approximately 3 miles north of the…
- [Incident 19911011052119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911011052119I), Oct 11, 1991: Piper PA24250 (N7852P), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. Odor of exhaust in aircraft on climb. Pilot ill. Emergency landing in field. Oil pan leak. Oil on exhaust system.

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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