# Incident 19890810058209I: Piper PA23250, Mc Allen, TX, August 10, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1989, 13:34 local time
- Place: Mc Allen, TX
- Airport: Miller International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2034° N, 98.2300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAllen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2034&lon=-98.2300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N478TH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N478TH-2013-02-11) (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
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,956 total, 73 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890810058209I

## Narrative

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

MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. TESTS INDICATE LACK OF LUBRICATION TO DOWN LOCKS.

## Other reports on N478TH (1)

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

- [Incident 19990502020489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502020489I), May 2, 1999: Piper PA23250 (N478TH), Waco, TX, Minor damage. (-5)On may 2, 1999, at 225CST, a Piper PA-23-250, N478TH, registered to lake city, Florida sheriff dept. 4, after takeoff on an air taxi flight, on a clear…

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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