# Incident 19931111048389I: Piper PA24250, Charleston, SC, November 11, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1993, 18:00 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb-International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8986° N, 80.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8986&lon=-80.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7243P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7243P-2018-05-31) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931111048389I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ALL THREE LANDING GEARS RETRACTED. APPEARS LANDING GEAR HORN WAS FAULTY.

## Other reports on N7243P (3)

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

- [Incident 20160217001579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160217001579I), Feb 17, 2016: Piper PA-24-250 (N7243P), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. On FEBRUARY17, 2016, at 16:15 EDT, a Piper PA-24-250, N7243P experience a collapse gear after landing . Cleared for landing the pilot informed the tower there…
- [Incident 19901018054959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901018054959I), Oct 18, 1990: Piper PA24250 (N7243P), Winnsboro, SC, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19890311019669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890311019669I), Mar 11, 1989: Piper PA24250 (N7243P), Sellers, SC, Minor damage. Engine quit inbound for landing. Landed in a field. Large crack in muffler. Hot exhaust caused fuel line vapor lock

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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