19881220055119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Denver, CO · December 20, 1988

Date
December 20, 1988 · 17:11 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Stapleton International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54193
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
887 total588 in this make and model29 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.

Pilot did not verify safe gear down. Gear in transit on touchdown and collapsed damaging propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DID NOT VERIFY SAFE GEAR DOWN. GEAR IN TRANSIT ON TOUCHDOWN AND COLLAPSED DAMAGING PROPELLER.