# Incident 19801228088139I: Piper PA23250, West Chicago, IL, December 28, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1980, 10:50 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5050Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5050Y-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801228088139I

## Narrative

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

ZA PROP STRUCK RUNWAY WHEN AIRCRAFT SETTLED AFTER LIFT OFF FROM A TOUCH AND GO. FLAPS WERE RETRACTED AFTER LIFTOFF.

## Other reports on N5050Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19830809053219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830809053219I), Aug 9, 1983: Piper PA23250 (N5050Y), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Raised the gear lever in place of flaps on landing. Feathered right prop as the right main gear collapsed.

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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