# Incident 20010906025299I: Piper PA24260, Rancho Calif, CA, September 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2001, 17:45 local time
- Place: Rancho Calif, CA
- Airport: French Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5742° N, 117.1285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRENCH VALLEY (F70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5742&lon=-117.1285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8668P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8668P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010906025299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH LANDING GEAR, LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND ELECTRICALLY OR MECHANICAL EMERGENCY EXTENSION. PILOT BURNED FUEL PRIOR TO EMERGENCY LANDING WITH GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. PILOT LANDED ON THE DIRT PORTION OF THE AIRPORT ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 18. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE AND THE PROPELLER WAS BENT. OWNER WILL SUBMIT MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT.

## Other reports on N8668P (1)

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

- [Incident 20140611009349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140611009349I), Jun 11, 2014: Piper PA-24-260 (N8668P), Loveland, CO, Minor damage. On June 11, 2014 at 1700 MDT, N8668P, a Piper PA-24 single engine airplane landed gear up at Fort Collins/Loveland Airport (fnl). The aircraft received minor…

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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