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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Page, AZ · September 1, 1983

Date: September 1, 1983 · 17:30 local
Place: Page, AZ
Airport: Page
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N40581
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540C1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,975 total21 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

N40581Registered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7405325 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left main landing gear collapsed on the landing roll. Possible inadvertent retraction as no gear defects found.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE LANDING ROLL. POSSIBLE INADVERTENT RETRACTION AS NO GEAR DEFECTS FOUND.