# Incident 19910803042709I: Piper PA24250, West Palm Beach, FL, August 3, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1991, 14:35 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5920P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5920P-2013-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 55 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910803042709I

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON LANDING AND GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED BY NERVOUS PASSENGER AND NOT SURE GEAR DOWN.

## Other reports on N5920P (1)

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

- [Accident 20031023027909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031023027909A), Oct 23, 2003: Piper PA24250 (N5920P), Troy, AL, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft departed new iberia, la (ara), VFR, enroute to Troy, AL (toi) for a fuel stop with planned continuation to atlanta, GA. Private pilot, receiving…

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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