# Incident 20030617034909I: Piper PA24250, Lancaster, CA, June 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2003, 13:25 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7401P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7401P-2003-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030617034909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON 6/17/2003 N7401P HAD A RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILURE WHILE LANDING AT FOX FIELD LANCASTER, CA. THE PILOT MR. DOUGLAS SPARK A CANADIAN CERTIFICATED PILOT HAD PURCHASED N7401P FROM A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ AT AGUA DULCE AIRPORT. THE RADIOS WERE NOT WORKING IN N7401P SO ^PRIVACY DATA ^ FLEW HIS CESSNA 150 AS THE LEAD/RADIO SHIP IN A FLIGHT OF TWO WITH MR. SPARK TO FOX FIELD TO HAVE THE RADIOS FIXED BEFORE MR. SPARK WOULD FERRY N7401P TO CANADA. UPON INSPECTION OF N7401P IT WAS NOTED THAT AN EIGHT INCH LONG SECTION OF CONDUIT HAD BEEN INSTALLED WITH RADIATOR HOSE CLAMPS ON THE RIGHT DOWN LOCK TO STIFF LEG THE RIGHT GEAR. THIS SOFT CONDUIT FAILED ON LANDING RESULTING IN THE GEAR FAILURE ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N7401P (2)

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

- [Accident 20020421008229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020421008229A), Apr 21, 2002: Piper PA24250 (N7401P), Prescott, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19) On April 21, 2002, at 1900 mountain standard time, a Piper PA24-250, N7401P, veered off runway 21R during the landing roll and collapsed the landing gear…
- [Accident 19780915032069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780915032069A), Sep 15, 1978: Piper PA24400 (N7401P), Muleshoe, TX, Substantial damage. Rnwy lights malfunctioning.

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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