# Accident 20090220008669A: Piper PA24260, Lincoln, CA, February 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2009, 20:15 local time
- Place: Lincoln, CA
- Airport: Lincoln Regional/Karl Harder Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9092° N, 121.3514° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9092&lon=-121.3514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8816P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8816P-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,164 total, 624 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090220008669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT LINCOLN AIRPORT.  ON ONE APPROACH, WHILE DOWNWIND, CABIN DOOR OPENED.  PILOT WAS DISTRACTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND DOES NOT REMEMBER IF HE HAD LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON LANDING AND WENT OFF RUNWAY SIDE.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAUGHT FIRE, RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR09CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA120), Feb 20, 2009: Piper PA-24-260 (N8816P), Lincoln, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear for landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's diverted attention due to an open door and the airport's pilot activated runway lights turning…

## Other reports on N8816P (1)

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

- [Incident 19850414026459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850414026459I), Apr 14, 1985: Piper PA24260 (N8816P), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Pilot may have hit gear switch with hand while turning fuel pump off. Gear collapsed on rollout.

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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