# Incident 19820920059569I: Piper PA23, San Antonio, TX, September 20, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1982, 17:20 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N215EC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N215EC-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,836 total, 1,954 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820920059569I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. PILOT REACHED TO RETRACT FLAPS AND GEAR HORN SOUNDED. GEAR CHECKED OUT NORMAL

## Other reports on N215EC (2)

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

- [Accident 19831125059899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831125059899A), Nov 25, 1983: Piper PA23160 (N215EC), Comfort, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Report indicates a possible right engine turbocharger problem on climbout. Below VMC, stalled, rolled and crashed.
- [Accident 19810727048859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810727048859A), Jul 27, 1981: Piper PA23 (N215EC), Hondo, TX, Substantial damage. Gusty surface winds. Allowed aircraft to stall on short final. Impact on runway broke wing spar.

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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