# Incident 20010527015809I: Yaklev YAK52, Concord, CA, May 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2001, 13:06 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N644LL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N644LL-2002-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,913 total, 18 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010527015809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC, RAYMOND PUDDY, WAS IN THE REAR COCKPIT GIVING INSTRUCTION TO THE SECOND PILOT, PAUL WIRKKALA, SEATED IN THE FRONT COCKPIT. THE SECOND ILOT WAS IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT.  THE PIC CALLED FOR FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN.  THE SECOND PILOT CALLED OUT "GEAR DOWN" BUT DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PIC DID NOT CONFIRM GEAR DOWN INDICATION.  BOTH COCKPITS HAVE AN OPERATIONAL GEAR POSITION INDICATOR.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 19 RIGHT. THE GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE UP POSITION AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.  BECAUSE THE LANDING GEAR IS PARTIALLY EXTENDED WHEN IN THE RETRACTED POSITION, DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IS LIMITED TO TIPS OF WOODEN PROP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS.

## Other reports on N644LL (1)

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

- [Accident 20020618016139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020618016139A), Jun 18, 2002: Yaklev YAK52 (N644LL), Antioch, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) Witnesses saw the aircraft conducting low level aerobatics when it crashed. The aircraft impacted vertical. (.19) on June 18, 2002, at 1238 pacific…

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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