# Incident 20191112021049I: Piper PA-24-250, Las Cruces, NM, November 12, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2019, 16:33 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS CRUCES INTL (LRU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5303P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5303P) (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
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 278 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191112021049I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019, A 1958 PIPER PA-24-250, N5303P, REGISTERED TO SIK INVESTMENTS, EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EL PASO, TEXAS, ON NOVEMBER 12, 2019, AT 1523 MST.

## Other reports on N5303P (1)

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

- [Incident 20041009024489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041009024489I), Oct 9, 2004: Piper PA24250 (N5303P), Deming, NM. (-23) On October 9, 2004, at 0850 MST, a Piper PA-24-250, N5303P, registered to the pilot, performed a gear up landing at Deming Municipal Airport, Deming, NM.…

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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