# Incident 19990809024589I: Piper PA23250, Fullerton, CA, August 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1999, 21:35 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6751Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6751Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990809024589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PUT GEAR HANDLE DOWN ON APPROACH TO FULLERTON AIRPORT AT NIGHT (AFTER TOWER HOURS). RECEIVED THREE GREEN LIGHTS, INDICATING NORMAL OPERATION. UPON TOUCHDOWN BOTH MAIN GEARS RETRACTED, LEAVING THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED. THE GREEN LIGHTS REMAINED LIT AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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