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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA23 · Kissimmee, FL · October 29, 1990

Date: October 29, 1990 · 14:30 local
Place: Kissimmee, FL
Airport: Kissimmee Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2039P
Reported as: Piper PA23
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total2,000 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N2039PRegistered now · Piper PA-23-150S/N 23-622 · Built 1956 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Unable to lower nose gear. Pilot elected to land gear up. Found nose gear drain broke at upper rod end connection.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP. FOUND NOSE GEAR DRAIN BROKE AT UPPER ROD END CONNECTION.