# Incident 20190613015749I: Piper PA-28R-201, Apple Valley, CA, June 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2019, 13:00 local time
- Place: Apple Valley, CA
- Airport: Apple Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5753° N, 117.1862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at APPLE VALLEY (APV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5753&lon=-117.1862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25DT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25DT-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,185 total, 3 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190613015749I

## Narrative

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

N25DT DEPARTED KAPV WITH CREW OF TWO (PILOT FLYING AND A CFI) ONBOARD FOR A CROSS COUNTRY TIME BUILDING FLIGHT.  AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW'S INTENT WAS TO EXECUTE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING AT KAPV PRIOR TO PROCEEDING ONCOURSE FOR THE NEXT LEG TO KDAG.  AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT FLYING (PF) SELECTED LANDING GEAR UP, RECEIVED A GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT FOLLOWED BY THE THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHTS EXTINGUISHING --- ALL NORMAL INDICATIONS.

ON LEFT DOWNWIND KAPV RUNWAY 18 ABEAM THE NUMBERS 18, THE PF SELECTED LANDING GEAR DOWN.  BOTH THE PF AND THE CFI NOTICED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE A GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT.  AT SOME POINT THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL SWITCH CIRCUIT BREAKER (CB) POPPED. THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE CB AND IT WOULD NOT RESET.  AFTER TURNING ONTO THE BASE LEG, THE CFI PLACED THE EMERGENCY GEAR LEVER IN THE "OVERRIDE ENGAGED" POSITION.  AS N25DT TURNED ONTO FINAL, BOTH THE PF AND THE CFI EXPECTED THE GEAR TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED.  N25DT LANDED RUNWAY 18 WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP.

THE POST INCIDENT DAMAGE INSPECTION SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EITHER THE NOSE OR MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS --- INDICATIVE OF A GEAR UP LANDING.

BOTH THE CFI AND THE PF STATED THAT ON A FLIGHT TOGETHER IN N25DT ON 6/11/19 UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL CB POPPED, WAS UNABLE TO BE RESET, BUT THE EMERGENCY GEAR LEVER WAS USED SUCCESSFULLY.

PRIOR TO LANDING ON THIS OCCASION ON 6/11/19, THE CREW WAS ABLE TO GET VISUAL CONFIRMATION FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT THEIR LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN.  N25DT LANDED SAFELY AND MIDFIELD AVIATION MAINTENANCE WAS NOTIFIED.

MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE, ATTEMPTED TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND ULTIMATELY WERE UNABLE TO DETECT OR CORRECT THE FAULT.  N25DT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH THE PROBLEM RESURFACING AGAIN ON 6/13/19.

## Other reports on N25DT (1)

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

- [Incident 19901003048409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901003048409I), Oct 3, 1990: Piper PA28R200 (N25DT), Iowa City, IA. Engine lost power inflight. Vectored to airport. Landed without incident.

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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