# Accident 20050204004059A: Piper PA60601, Murrieta/Temecu, CA, February 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Murrieta/Temecu, CA
- Airport: French Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5742° N, 117.1285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRENCH VALLEY (F70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5742&lon=-117.1285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23LL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23LL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 601 (registry code 8360606, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-601) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,101 total, 82 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050204004059A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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