# Incident 20040504011389I: Piper PA24250, Salinas, CA, May 4, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6624° N, 121.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINAS MUNI (SNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6624&lon=-121.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6595P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6595P-2018-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 250 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040504011389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT NOTICED AN UNSAFE GEAR WARNING ON APPROACH TO LANDING. THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO AROUND AND TROUBLESHOOT THE SITUATION. AFTER AN HOUR THE PILOT ELECTED TO BRING THE GEAR DOWN MANUALLY. THE PILOT STATED HE COULD SEE HIS NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN USING A MIRROR LOCATED ON THE WING. THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF ROLL-OUT, ALL OF THE GEARS COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N6595P (1)

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

- [Accident 20131205025229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131205025229A), Dec 5, 2013: Piper PA-24-250 (N6595P), Fair Oaks, CA, Destroyed. On December 5, 2013 N6595P a Piper PA-24-250, comanche departed the salinas municipal airport (sns), salinas, CA, at approximately (2144Z) 13:44 local PST.…

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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