# Incident 20020805022059I: Piper PA23250, San Diego, CA, August 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2002, 18:26 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N508UU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N508UU-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020805022059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 5, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1826 PST, N508UU, A PIPER PA-23-250, SUSTAINED A COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR DURING LANDING AT MONTGOMERY FIELD SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS LOWERED THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE GREEN LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, INDICATING AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT THOMAS J. COOGAN UNDER FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN LINE FAILED AND A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE HAD OCCURRED; THEREFORE, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT FULLY EXTEND AND LOCK IN THE DOWN POSTION. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT, FAA FORM 8011-4, WAS SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT IS NOT RELATED TO A NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION.

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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