# Incident 19950321007729I: Piper PA24250, Birmingham, AL, March 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1995, 15:10 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5923P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5923P-2018-03-14) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,740 total, 10 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950321007729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH THEY WERE DISTRACTED BY HAVING TO SWITCH FROM ONE RADIO TO ANOTHER DUE TO PROBLEMS. AT THE SAME TIME A CHANGE IN TYPE OF LANDING DUE TO CROSS TRAFFIC WAS GIVEN FROM ATCT. ALSO A FACTOR WAS THAT THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT WAS FASTER THAN THE PILOT WAS FAMILIAR WITH FLYING. BOTH PILOTS STATED THEY BOTH WERE DISTRACTED AND DID NOT FINISH THE GUMP CHECK. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WITH DAMAGE TO PROP., ANTENNAS, AND SOME SKIN DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N5923P (2)

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

- [Accident 20140703013639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140703013639A), Jul 3, 2014: Piper PA-24-250 (N5923P), Monroeville, AL, Substantial damage. N5923P departed keet on an IFR flight plan to kmvc for the purpose of flight training on the use of a newly installed garmin 430 GPS. The CFI, who was…
- [Incident 20000919031209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000919031209I), Sep 19, 2000: Piper PA24250 (N5923P), Bessemer, AL, Minor damage. (-23)Gear collapsed after landing, landing gear motor and actuator was torn from the aft mounting bulkhead.

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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