# Incident 20000905029139I: Piper PA28161, Julian, CA, September 5, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Julian, CA
- Airport: Rancho Vallecito
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9709° N, 116.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Rancho Vallecito Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9709&lon=-116.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2092L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2092L-2023-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 185 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000905029139I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT INTENDED TO LAND AT AQUA CALIENTE SPRINGS (L54). HE MISTAKENLY LANDED AT RANCHO VALLECINTO, A PRIVATE RUNWAY, 6 MILES WEST OF AQUA CALIENTE SPRINGS.  PILOT ATTEMPTED A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF AND POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE TAKEOFF RUN TO AVOID A LARGE GROWTH OF SAGEBRUSH ON THE RUNWAY.  PILOT INADVERTANTLY PERMITTED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT LEFT AND INTO SOFT SAND SHOULDER.  NOSE GEAR THEN STRUCK TWO BAGS OF BLACKTOP, STACKED  ONE ON THE OTHER, FOLLOWED BY FAILURE OF NOSEGEAR STRUT AND SUBSEQUENT PROPELLER STRIKE.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST NOSE DOWN, PARTIALLY OFF RUNWAY.  PILOT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS NOSE, WHICH STRUCK EDGE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL.  PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^, UNINJURED.

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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