# Incident 20021211034949I: Piper PA30, Calexico, CA, December 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2002, 17:40 local time
- Place: Calexico, CA
- Airport: Calexico International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6674° N, 115.5176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CALEXICO INTL (CXL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6674&lon=-115.5176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73EB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73EB-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021211034949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT AS HE MADE HIS APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMALLY SO THE EMERGENCY GEAR RELEASE WAS USED TO DROP THE GEAR. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE GEAR POSITION LIGHTS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE WORKING AND THAT THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT. AFTER SKIDDING TO A STOP, HE NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS OUT, OR "POPPED". DURING A SUBSEQUENT GEAR SWING, WITH THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER ENGAGED, THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY. DURING FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE PILOT, HE ADMITTED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO LOCK THE EMERGENCY GEAR RELEASE HANDLE BACK INTO POSITION BEFORE LANDING, WHICH ALLOWED THE GEAR TO RETRACT.

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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