# Incident 20220104002509I: Piper PA-28R-200, El Monte, CA, January 4, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2022, 15:54 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: G56J
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N139DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N139DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220104002509I

## Narrative

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

ON JAN 4, 2022 AROUND 2354Z, A PIPER

PA-28R-200, N139DM REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON AN AIR TOUR FLIGHT, WHEN^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PIC) NOTICED A MESSAGE OF A COM FAILURE DURING CRUISE,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REALIZED HE WAS HAVING AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND USED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM WITH THE INDICATOR LIGHTS IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^LANDED AT EMT RUNWAY 19 WITH THE MAIN GEAR NOT LOCKED WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N139DM (1)

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

- [Incident 20030320003789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030320003789I), Mar 20, 2003: Piper PA28R200 (N139DM), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. (-23) On March 20, 2003 at approx 1844 PST, a PA-28R-200 s/n 28R-35262, while landing on rwy 7 at north Las Vegas, NV airport (vgt), landed with the NLG…

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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