# Incident 20050610010459I: Piper PA28RT201, San Diego, CA, June 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2005, 13:30 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N3057Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3057Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050610010459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/10/2005, N3057Z, A PIPER AIRCRAFT MODEL PA-28RT-201 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM FRESNO CA, DIRECT BROWN AIRFIELD (SDM) SAN DIEGO, CA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON ARRIVAL AT SDM THE WEATHER WAS MARGINAL FOR LANDING, SO HE TURNED ON A EASTERLY HEADING LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND. BAD WEATHER AND LOW FUEL CONVINCED HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY AT A PRIVATE LANDING STRIP NEAR MANZANITA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE PILOT STATED THE LANDING GEAR COULD NOT EXTEND SO HE LANDED GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND PLACED ON JACKS ON SITE. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES ELECTRICALLY AND EXTENDED USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED DURING HIS FUNCTIONAL TEST. FUEL DRAINED FROM THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF 13 GALLONS IN THE LEFT WING TANK, 10 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT WING TANK.

## Other reports on N3057Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19800116001029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800116001029A), Jan 16, 1980: Piper PA28201T (N3057Z), Dove Creek, CO, Substantial damage. Made premature liftoff at high altitude. Rough field. Aircraft over gross,unable to climb. Hit ground. Collapsed gear.

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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