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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Fort Smith, AR · August 23, 1991

Date: August 23, 1991 · 11:05 local
Place: Fort Smith, AR
Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2018P
Reported as: Piper PA23
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,200 total2,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N2018PRegistered now · Piper PA-23S/N 23-590 · Built 1956 Airframe modelPiper PA-23 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Right main and nose gear collapsed on landing. Seal in gear selector valve failed. Lost hydraulic pressure.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. SEAL IN GEAR SELECTOR VALVE FAILED. LOST HYDRAULIC PRESSURE.