# Incident 19810409031669I: Piper PA23250, Ft Pierce, FL, April 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1981, 11:04 local time
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport: Fort Pierce St Lu
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2377Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2377Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 350 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/19810409031669I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP DURING SOFT FIELD LANDING PRACTICE. STUDENT PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR FAILED TO CHECK GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N2377Z (2)

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

- [Incident 20070728019069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070728019069I), Jul 28, 2007: Piper PA23250 (N2377Z), Fort Lauderdal, FL, Minor damage. (-23) In his attempt to land, pilot bounced the airplane up and down resulting in collapse of the nose landing gear (NLG).
- [Incident 19910524032499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910524032499I), May 24, 1991: Piper PA23250 (N2377Z), Dallas, TX. High oil temperature. Right propeller surging. Returned. Landed safely. Found a clogged oil cooler.

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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