# Incident 20030724016509I: Piper PA24260, Apple Valley, CA, July 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2003, 09:30 local time
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Airport: Apple Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5753° N, 117.1862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at APPLE VALLEY (APV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5753&lon=-117.1862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8982P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8982P) (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: 800 total, 179 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030724016509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT AND LOST CONCENTRATION AS A RESULT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN. THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN AND LANDED WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S GEAR RETRACTED. NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE GEAR UP LANDING.

## Other reports on N8982P (1)

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

- [Incident 20021113031029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021113031029I), Nov 13, 2002: Piper PA24260 (N8982P), Borrego Springs, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot and his passenger departed apple valley airport, CA. On a cross country flight with the intended destination of Borrego airport (L08). The…

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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