# Incident 20020331008929I: Cessna 550, Murrieta/Temecu, CA, March 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2002, 17:50 local time
- Place: Murrieta/Temecu, 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: N709JW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,400 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020331008929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 31, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1750 PST AIRCRAFTS NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) COLLAPSED DURING TOUCHDOWN AT FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT LOCATED IN TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED ONLY MINOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO NLG DOOR WITH NO INJURY TO CREW OR PASSENGERS. M OR D REPORT IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED BY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER (CESSNA AIRCRAFT), SPECIFIC COMPONENT RELATED TO INCIDENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DETERMINED.

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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