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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · San Diego, CA · December 2, 2003

Date: December 2, 2003 · 10:54 local
Place: San Diego, CA
Airport: Brown Field Municipal
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7369P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N7369PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2549 · Built 1961 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On December 2, 2003, a Piper model PA-24-250 experienced loss of power while on approach to Brown Field Municipal Airport (sdm), San Diego, California. The pilot landed 1.5 mile east of sdm. There was minor damage to the aircraft and no injuries to the sole occupant. Examination of the incident disclosed that the mixture control cable had entangled with the nose landing gear. When the gear was lowered for landing the cable was pulled with such force it broke the mixture arm stop and pulled the mixture arm past the stop shutting off fuel to the engine.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 2, 2003, A PIPER MODEL PA-24-250 EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER WHILE ON APPROACH TO BROWN FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SDM), SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT LANDED 1.5 MILE EAST OF SDM. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE SOLE OCCUPANT. EXAMINATION OF THE INCIDENT DISCLOSED THAT THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE HAD ENTANGLED WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. WHEN THE GEAR WAS LOWERED FOR LANDING THE CABLE WAS PULLED WITH SUCH FORCE IT BROKE THE MIXTURE ARM STOP AND PULLED THE MIXTURE ARM PAST THE STOP SHUTTING OFF FUEL TO THE ENGINE.

Other reports on N7369P · 1

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

Incident 19970309028839IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Yuma, AZNarrative: PIC reported an unsafe landing gear indication prior to landing. During the landing roll the landing gear collapsed. An examination and operational check of the gear system could not determine a cause for the landing gear system malfunction.Mar 9, 1997 · Minor damage