# Incident 20180106000489I: Piper PA-24-180, Apple Valley, CA, January 6, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2018, 11:28 local time
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5008° N, 117.1859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apple Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5008&lon=-117.1859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8085P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8085P-2019-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-180 (registry code 7102403, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 210 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180106000489I

## Narrative

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

N8085P, A PA-24-180, LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 18 AT APPLE VALLEY AIRPORT (KAPV), APPLE VALLEY, CA WITH 4 PERSONS ONBOARD WHILE CONDUCTING AN EAA YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHT ON 01/06/2018.  MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LOCAL EAA CHAPTER WERE CONDUCTING YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHTS ON 01/06/2018.

N8085P JUST ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT KAPV WHEN THE PIC NOTICED ANOTHER PIPER AIRCRAFT AT ITS TWO O'CLOCK POSITION SLIGHTLY BELOW AND ONE HALF MILE AWAY.  N8085P ELECTED TO EXTEND ITS DOWNWIND LEG TO THE NORTH AND TURNED ONTO A TWO MILE FINAL TO GIVE OTHER YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHTS A CHANCE TO LAND AND CLEAR RUNWAY 18.

THE PIC NOTED THAT HIS AIRSPEED WAS HIGHER THAN USUAL ON THE DOWNWIND, BASE, AND FINAL APPROACH LEGS.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN WITH THE GEAR UP AND UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PIC NOTED THAT BOTH HIS LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS WERE IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

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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