# Incident 20170923019769I: Piper PA-24-250, San Diego, CA, September 23, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2017, 19:54 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7189P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7189P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 140 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170923019769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN RIGHT SEAT WAS PRACTICING IFR APPROACH TO OKB AIRPORT, HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT DID NOT GET A GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHT. PILOT NOTICED GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED, 2 ATTEMPT TO RESET BREAKER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT IN LEFT SEAT FLEW AIRCRAFT BACK TO SDM AIRPORT WHILE PILOT IN RIGHT SEAT EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N7189P (2)

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

- [Incident 20001006018929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001006018929I), Oct 6, 2000: Piper PA24250 (N7189P), San Diego, CA. (-23)1) During the initial interview with [privacy data omitted], it was discovered that he was out of currency. His last bfr was in September of 1998. That…
- [Accident 19750928032689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750928032689A), Sep 28, 1975: Piper PA24250 (N7189P), Blacksburg, VA, Substantial damage. Intended to turn off aux fuel pump, turned off master sw.

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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