# Incident 20040906020689I: Piper PA32R301T, El Cajon, CA, September 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2004, 15:23 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4139V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4139V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 90 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040906020689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2004 N4139V, A PIPER AIRCRAFT MODEL PA-32R-301T DEPARTED AN UNIMPROVED DIRT STRIP IN RANCHO EL BARRIL, MEXICO, DIRECT GILLESPIE FIELD (SEE) SAN DIEGO, CA. DURING THE TAKE OFF ROLL THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POTHOLE/OBJECT, DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO SEE WITH THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED, EXECUTING A SUCCESSFUL NOSE GEAR UP LANDING. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK SHEARED IN HALF AND THE GEAR ACTUATOR PUSH ROD WAS BENT. THIS ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION.

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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