# Incident 20031202032019I: Piper PA24250, San Diego, CA, December 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2003, 10:54 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7369P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7369P) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031202032019I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19970309028839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970309028839I), Mar 9, 1997: Piper PA24250 (N7369P), Yuma, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: PIC reported an unsafe landing gear indication prior to landing. During the landing roll the landing gear collapsed. An examination and operational…

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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