# Incident 19900216009599I: Piper PA31350, Waterville, ME, February 16, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1990, 15:00 local time
- Place: Waterville, ME
- Airport: Waterville Robert Lafleur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FTSA
- Location: 44.5332° N, 69.6755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Waterville Robert Lafleur Airport (WVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5332&lon=-69.6755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N250SC-1992-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900216009599I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND LEFT GEAR. LANDED WITH LEFT GEAR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N250SC (1)

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

- [Accident 19900824039709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900824039709A), Aug 24, 1990: Piper PA31350 (N250SC), Norridgewock, ME, Substantial damage. Fuel exhaustion. Crash landed in field. Used fuel trying to locate VFR airport. Aux tanks not fueled. Did not check

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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