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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA60601 · Murrieta/Temecu, CA · February 4, 2005

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Date: February 4, 2005 · 11:00 local
Place: Murrieta/Temecu, CA
Airport: French Valley Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N23LL
Reported as: Piper PA60601
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,101 total82 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

N23LLRegistered now · Smith AEROSTAR 601S/N 61-0252-100 · Built 1975 Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 601 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted and his wife privacy data omitted departed chino airport chino, CA on February 4, 2005 with an intended destination of French Valley Airport in Murrieta, CA. Upon arrival the pilot privacy data omitted stated he entered the pattern and performed a normal approach for runway 36, on the final leg he experienced a wind gust/shift which caused the aircraft to immediately and unexpectedly descend. French Valley Airport is under construction, and 500 feet of the existing runway 36 is closed. The asphalt surface had been removed, and this created a lip between the dirt and the pavement. The pilot privacy data omitted stated the aircraft landed short in the construction area, and hit the pavement edge. The impact collapsed the right main landing gear, and the aircraft came to rest in the grass, on the right hand side of the runway. The pilot privacy data omitted and his wife the sole occupants were not injured, but the aircraft received substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ AND HIS WIFE ^PRIVACY^ DEPARTED CHINO AIRPORT CHINO, CA ON FEBRUARY 4, 2005 WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT IN MURRIETA, CA. UPON ARRIVAL THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ STATED HE ENTERED THE PATTERN AND PERFORMED A NORMAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 36, ON THE FINAL LEG HE EXPERIENCED A WIND GUST/SHIFT WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO IMMEDIATELY AND UNEXPECTEDLY DESCEND. FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND 500 FEET OF THE EXISTING RUNWAY 36 IS CLOSED. THE ASPHALT SURFACE HAD BEEN REMOVED, AND THIS CREATED A LIP BETWEEN THE DIRT AND THE PAVEMENT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT IN THE CONSTRUCTION AREA, AND HIT THE PAVEMENT EDGE. THE IMPACT COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ AND HIS WIFE THE SOLE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.