# Accident 20050409014029A: Piper PA24250, California Cit, CA, April 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: California Cit, CA
- Airport: California City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1522° N, 118.0167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1522&lon=-118.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7737P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7737P) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050409014029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM: DEMING, NM, TO: PORTERVILLE, CA, UPON LANDING AT CA CITY AIRPORT (L71), EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR SYSTEM ELECTRICAL FAILURE (BREAKER POPPED-OUT). EMERGENCY SYSTEM ACTIVATED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. UPON LANDING, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO: PROPELLER, ENGINE, BELLY SKIN AND FUSELAGE KEAL BEAMS (AFT OF NOSE GEAR DOORS).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX05LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA206), Apr 9, 2005: Piper PA-24-250 (N7737P), California City, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the normal landing gear system to extend for undetermined reasons that resulted in a gear collapse during landing.

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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