# Incident 19810508029419I: Piper PA23250, Bakersfield, CA, May 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1981, 20:12 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Bakerfiel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4626P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4626P-2024-04-01) (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: 500 total, 70 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/19810508029419I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT. PILOT INADVERTANT GEAR RETRACTION.

## Other reports on N4626P (1)

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

- [Incident 20020408010069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020408010069I), Apr 8, 2002: Piper PA23250 (N4626P), Bowling Green, KY, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot landed the aircraft at the Bowling Green, KY airport with the landing gear retracted. The pilot stated that he forgot to check that the landing…

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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