- Date
- June 23, 1985, 21:02 local (Jun 24, 1985, 04:02 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5916PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850623027099A
- Case key
- 24751
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival at dusk, the plt attempted to lower the landing gear, but did not observe a gear dowm light indication. He recycled the gear several times, then utilized the emergency gear extention sys. He stated that when he used the extention sys, he released the electric gear motor, then extended the telescopic emergency arm rearward. However, the arm should have been in the forward position to lower the gear. Also, the investigator noted that when the nav lights were turned on, the green gear down & amber gear up lights would have automatically dimmed. Subsequently, when the plt landed, the gear collapsed, a fire erupted & the acft was destroyed. No pre-accident part failure or malfunction was found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5916P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1003
- Airframe hours
- 2,722
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mario J. Menard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985
- Departed
- Q95 · Ruth, CA
- Airport
- 051 · Lincoln Muni, runway 33, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 448 total · 41 in this make and model · 402 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.