# Incident 19860124008719I: Piper PA23250, Windsor Locks, CT, January 24, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1986, 00:25 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54857, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54857) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,641 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860124008719I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N54857 (3)

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

- [Accident 20180111000659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180111000659A), Jan 11, 2018: Piper PA-23-250 (N54857), Ruby Valley, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On January 11, 2018, about 1800 pacific standard time, a Piper PA-23-250 airplane, N54857, collided with mountainous terrain about 42 miles south of elko,…
- [Incident 20080318014569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080318014569I), Mar 18, 2008: Piper PA23250 (N54857), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot made emergency landing at kric due to right engine failure in flight. Upon investigation, found the RH engine #3 cylinder separated from the…
- [Accident 19791111039922A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791111039922A), Nov 11, 1979: Piper PA23250 (N54857), Stamford, CT, Minor damage. Unaware of collision of overtaking company aircraft whose wing hit his right prop. Found prop damage when landed.

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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