# Incident 20040203001709I: Piper PA28R201T, Camarillo, CA, February 3, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2004, 12:48 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2138° N, 119.0944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2138&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43761, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43761) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 35 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040203001709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CMA BOUND FOR SAN AROUND 1200 HOURS. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKE OFF HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR BUT THE INTRANSIT LIGHT DID NOT GO OUT. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR AND HAD DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATIONS FOR THE MAIN GEAR BUT NOT THE NOSE. THE INTRANSIT LIGHT STAYED ON. HE THEN PERFORMED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION BUT STILL DID NOT GET A DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT FOR THE NOSE GEAR. HE THEN FLEW BY THE TOWER WHO NOTIFIED HIM THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME WAS MINIMAL HOWEVER THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WAS DAMAGED. NO ONE WAS INJURED.

## Other reports on N43761 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970515010789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970515010789A), May 15, 1997: Piper PA28R201T (N43761), Fort Collins, CO, Substantial damage. Aircraft developed electrical problems, diverted, and landed gear up.

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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