# Incident 20080915848669I: Piper PA28R200, Merced, CA, September 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2008, 23:05 local time
- Place: Merced, CA
- Airport: Merced Municipal/Macready Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2847° N, 120.5140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Merced Regional Macready Field (MCE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2847&lon=-120.5140&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15428 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080915848669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT:APPROACHING MCE AT NIGHT, 2305 PDT, ON 09-15-08, SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT.  ACTIVATED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION, CONTINUED APPROACH AND LANDED.  THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR TO THE BELLY AND THE PROP WAS BENT.  AIRPORT CREW ARRANGED FOR AIRCRAFT TO BE PICKED UP AND THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO PARKING.  PILOTS INFORMATION WAS FOUND TO BE CURRENT.  MEDICAL, BFR, AND PILOT'S CERTIFICATE OK.

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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