# Accident 20080111009729A: Piper PA24250, Placerville, CA, January 11, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2008, 17:30 local time
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Airport: Placerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7242° N, 120.7533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7242&lon=-120.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7988P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7988P-2010-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,170 total, 155 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080111009729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING AT PVF AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED DOWN RUNWAY 5 SLIDING ON THE RIGHT WING, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROTATE 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE WHEN THE LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## 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 SEA08LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA064), Jan 12, 2008: Piper PA-24-250 (N7988P), Placerville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the right main landing gear during landing for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N7988P (1)

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

- [Incident 20040119018629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040119018629I), Jan 19, 2004: Piper PA24250 (N7988P), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 01/19/04 N7988P a PA-24-250 suffered a ldg collapse at vny. Inspector belknap from the vny FSDO inspected the damaged aircraft on 01/20/04 with the…

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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