# Incident 20190304000889I: Piper PA-24-250, Borrego Springs, CA, March 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Borrego Springs, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2559° N, 116.3750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Borrego Springs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2559&lon=-116.3750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5449P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5449P-2020-08-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190304000889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N5449P ON MARCH 4, 2019 HAD A GEAR UP LANDING AT BORREGO VALLEY AIRPORT (L08).  PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO CARLSBAD AIRPORT (CRQ) AND HE WENT TO PUT HIS LANDING GEAR DOWN.  AS HE DID THIS, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER ON THE GEAR MOTOR POPPED.  HE RESET EVERYTHING AND TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR AGAIN, SAME RESULT, THE GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED.  HE THEN WENT TO THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND BEGAN TO ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY.  THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND MANUALLY.  HE LEFT CRQ AND FLEW OVER TO FALLBROOK (L18) TO ASSESS THE SITUATION.  HE DID A LOW PASS OVER L18 AND HAD A PERSON ON THE GROUND CHECK THE POSITION OF THE LANDING GEAR.  THEY INDICATED THAT THE GEAR WAS SAGGING BUT NOT DOWN.  AT THIS POINT, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO CRQ.  HE STATED THAT THE CRQ WAS EXTREMELY BUSY. THEREFORE, HE DECIDED TO FLY TO LO8.  HE KNEW THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD NOT BE BUSY.  HE LANDED GEAR UP AT LO8, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT.  DUE TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE GEAR NOT EXTENDING, USING THE PUBLISHED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, AIRWORTHINESS WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE PILOT TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF GEAR EXTENSION FAILURE.

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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