# Incident 20250514005469I: Piper PA-28RT-201, Carlsbad, CA, May 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mc Clellan-Palomar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2895C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2895C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 487 total, 217 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250514005469I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING PATTERN WORK WHEN HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING. THE AIRCAFT SKIDDED ON IT'S BELLY TO A STOP. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT BOTTOM SKIN SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N2895C (1)

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

- [Incident 19810921067039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810921067039I), Sep 21, 1981: Piper PA28RT201 (N2895C), Gunnison, CO, Minor damage. Aircraft stolen and abandoned. Pilot retreiving aircraft. Nose gear collapsed on takeoff damaged prop, gear cowling

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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