# Incident 20240322007969I: Rockwell International 112A, Murrieta, CA, March 22, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2024, 14:45 local time
- Place: Murrieta, CA
- Airport: French Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5742° N, 117.1285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRENCH VALLEY (F70), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5742&lon=-117.1285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1383J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1383J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 112A (registry code 7630302, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-112a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 112A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 419 total, 136 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240322007969I

## Narrative

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

[NARRATIVE:]

ON MARCH 22, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:045 LOCAL TIME, A ROCKWELL COMMANDER 112A SINGLE-ENGINE PISTON-POWERED FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT, LANDED WITHOUT LANDING GEAR EXTENDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70). THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PRIVATE OPERATION FOR THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HIMSELF, WHO HAD DEPARTED FROM FULLERTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FUL), FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA.

THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED A TOUCHDOWN BUT SUBSEQUENTLY UNDERWENT POST-GEAR UP TOUCHDOWN SKIDDING ALONG THE RUNWAY FOR A BRIEF DISTANCE BEFORE ACHIEVING A FULL STOP. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN NO REPORTED INJURIES, FIRE, OR DAMAGE TO THE OCCUPANT, AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SOLE OCCUPANT, THE PILOT, WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE AIRCRAFT BY HIMSELF.

CRUCIALLY, THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE DURING LANDING, POTENTIALLY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. NO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ELSEWHERE ON THE AIRCRAFT DISCOVERED.

## Other reports on N1383J (1)

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

- [Incident 19800316040309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800316040309I), Mar 16, 1980: Gulstm 112A (N1383J), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. During taxi after landing, nose gear collapsed. Cause undetermined.

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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