# Incident 19860417022799I: Piper PA23250, Pittsburgh, PA, April 17, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1986, 23:25 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DRNA
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N569AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N569AC-2013-06-04) (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: 3,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860417022799I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. FOUND BOLT HAD SHEARED IN DRAG LINK ALLOWING GEAR TO FOLD BACKWARDS.

## Other reports on N569AC (1)

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

- [Incident 19840112011179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840112011179I), Jan 12, 1984: Piper PA23250 (N569AC), Buffalo, NY, Minor damage. Unable to extend gear. Mains extended with blow down bottle. Nose gear cylinder hydraulic line had failed.

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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