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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Palmdale, CA · June 20, 1988

Date
June 20, 1988 · 16:31 local
Place
Palmdale, CA
Airport
Palmdale Prodn Flt Test Instl
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4888P
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540A1D5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,442 total35 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Left engine shut down due to vibration. Nose gear collapsed landing. Not enough hydraulic power to lock gear down.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO VIBRATION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING. NOT ENOUGH HYDRAULIC POWER TO LOCK GEAR DOWN.