# Incident 20040702019179I: Piper PA24250, Santa Barbara, CA, July 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2004, 22:00 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7593P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7593P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040702019179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 02, 2004 N7593P A COMANCHE PA-24-250 LANDED AT SBA WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. A STATEMENT WAS TAKEN FROM THE MECHANIC THAT RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. HE STATED THAT THE PILOT (MICHAEL FISCHLER), EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD TRIED TO PERFORM A LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY EXTENSION BY EXTENDING THE JOHNSON BAR AND PUMPING IT FOR AND AFT TO LOWER THE GEAR. THIS IS CONTRARY TO THE PUBLISHED INSTRUCTIONS FOUND ON THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION ACCESS PANEL. A STATEMENT TAKEN FROM THE MR. FISCHLER INDICATED THAT HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND FURTHER THAT HE DID NOT CHECK THE POSITION OF THE JOHNSON BAR PRIOR TO LANDING.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N7593P (1)

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

- [Incident 20000312017869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000312017869I), Mar 12, 2000: Piper PA24250 (N7593P), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. (-23)PA-24 N7593P landed gear-up on runway 8 at Burbank airport at 1720 PDT. Pilot [privacy data omitted] ^ reported a partial electrical failure four miles…

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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