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Piper comanche aircraft with low fuel pressure, reporter pilot diverted to land. Unable to lower landing gear and made wheels up landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 389363 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199712 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : crq |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-24 Comanche |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1150 flight time type : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 389363 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
On VFR flight to myf, when over crq at 6000 ft, I noted low fuel pressure. Boost pump did not help. Contacted crq tower, advised I wanted precautionary landing. At 1000 ft, I attempted to lower the landing gear with no success. I then attempted emergency gear extension but was unable to bring the gear to the locked position. Was forced to land without gear. Airframe suffered only minimal damage, 2 souls on board were unhurt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PIPER COMANCHE ACFT WITH LOW FUEL PRESSURE, RPTR PLT DIVERTED TO LAND. UNABLE TO LOWER LNDG GEAR AND MADE WHEELS UP LNDG.
Narrative: ON VFR FLT TO MYF, WHEN OVER CRQ AT 6000 FT, I NOTED LOW FUEL PRESSURE. BOOST PUMP DID NOT HELP. CONTACTED CRQ TWR, ADVISED I WANTED PRECAUTIONARY LNDG. AT 1000 FT, I ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LNDG GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. I THEN ATTEMPTED EMER GEAR EXTENSION BUT WAS UNABLE TO BRING THE GEAR TO THE LOCKED POS. WAS FORCED TO LAND WITHOUT GEAR. AIRFRAME SUFFERED ONLY MINIMAL DAMAGE, 2 SOULS ON BOARD WERE UNHURT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.