# Incident 19950428009889I: Piper PA23250, Thibodaux, LA, April 28, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1995, 19:15 local time
- Place: Thibodaux, LA
- Airport: Thibodaux Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7478° N, 90.8329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THIBODAUX MUNI (L83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7478&lon=-90.8329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14289, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14289-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 775 total, 10 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950428009889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE SHE HAD NOTICED LOW FUEL INDICATION IN THE LEFT FUEL TANK AND ENGINE ROUGHNESS. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE DURING THE APPROACH. TO ENSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE LANDING POSITION, THE PILOT HELD THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN WITH HER RIGHT KNEE. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE PILOT EXHIBITED POOR JUDGEMENT AND LACKED KNOWLEDGE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL AND LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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