# Incident 19871123075099I: Piper PA23250, Columbia, SC, November 23, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1987, 09:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Owens Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0007° N, 81.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, SC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0007&lon=-81.0348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2SB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,615 total, 800 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871123075099I

## Narrative

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

FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. BECAME DISTRACTED DUE TO A SMOKE STACK EMITTING STEAM ON FINAL.

## Other reports on N2SB (1)

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

- [Incident 19890321011989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890321011989I), Mar 21, 1989: Piper PA23250 (N2SB), Florence, SC, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot could not remember checking gear position on final.

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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