# Incident 20050130001269I: Piper PA24250, San Diego, CA, January 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2005, 13:48 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N642SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N642SW) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,608 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050130001269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1-30-05 N642SW, A PIPER AIRCRAFT MODEL PA-24-250, WAS CONDUCTING A LOCAL PILOT PROFICIENCY FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE FLIGHT HE ATTEMPTED A LANDING BUT FELT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG RETRACTING. HE ABORTED THE LANDING AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER AND LOCK THE GEAR. HE WAS UNABLE TO GET A GREEN LIGHT. HE MADE A LOW PASS AT MYF 28R AND THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE LEFT GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED GEAR UP 28R MYF. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TELEFLEX CABLE HOUSING, LOCATED IN THE LEFT WHEEL WELL, HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ARMORED CABLE. M OR D WAS COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N642SW (1)

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

- [Incident 20050923022129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050923022129I), Sep 23, 2005: Piper PA24250 (N642SW), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On 9/23/05 N642SW, a Piper aircraft model PA-24-250, was landing runway 27R, Gillespie field El Cajon, CA. The pilot and sole occupant stated that right…

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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