# Accident 20110121001939A: Piper PA-28R-201T, Santa Ana, CA, January 21, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2011, 13:37 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6789° N, 117.8650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6789&lon=-117.8650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47589, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47589) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110121001939A

## Narrative

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

01/21/2011, 1337 PST, N47589, A PIPER AIRCRAFT PA-28R, WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO KSNA, PILOT STATED ONLY MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN, NOSE GEAR STILL INDICATED IN TRANSIT. UPON LANDING ROLLOUT, LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 WPR11LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA108), Jan 21, 2011: Piper PA-28-201T (N47589), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear due to the lack of lubrication.

## Other reports on N47589 (4)

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

- [Incident 20160403003259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160403003259I), Apr 3, 2016: Piper PA-28R-201T (N47589), Gonzales, LA, Minor damage. While relocating aircraft from (khdc) hammond regional airport to (L38) Gonzales Louisiana regional airport experienced engine trouble with low manifold…
- [Incident 20090311001849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090311001849I), Mar 11, 2009: Piper PA28R201T (N47589), St George, UT, Minor damage. (-23) On 03/11/09 at st. George, UT (sgu) a PA-28-201T, N47589, landed gear up while performing a short field landing maneuver, the PIC and a DPE were onboard,…
- [Incident 20070802016139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070802016139I), Aug 2, 2007: Piper PA28R201T (N47589), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. (-23) While on downwind for landing at John Wayne airport (ksna) for runway 19R the pilot of N47589 Piper PA-28R-201T, s/n 28R-7703404 reported that the pilot…
- [Incident 20050508010379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050508010379I), May 8, 2005: Piper PA28R201T (N47589), Oxford, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot initiated takeoff roll and at approximately 50-60 knots indicated airspeed and 1000' feet down the runway the nose gear collapsed causing 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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