# Incident 19960508027199I: Piper PA23250, Cumberland, WI, May 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Cumberland, WI
- Airport: Cumberland Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5061° N, 91.9808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUMBERLAND MUNI (UBE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5061&lon=-91.9808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6592Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6592Y-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,737 total, 500 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/19960508027199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 05-08-96, AT 1215 LOCAL TIME A PIPER PA-23-250, OWNED AND OPERATED BY (IDENTITY EXPUNGED) LANDED AT CUMBERLAND, WI (UBE) GEAR UP DURING INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PROPELLERS AND ALL THREE GEAR DOORS RECEIVED DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS. (IDENTITY EXPUNGED), A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITH ASEL, ASES, AMEL, AND INSTRUMENT RATINGS WAS PROVIDING INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION TO MARK JOHNSON, A PRIVATE PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT UBE ON 05-08-96 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS LOCAL TIME. APPEARS THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS LEFT IN THE RETRACTED POSITION FOR LANDING.AIRCRAF T IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN OPERATED WITHOUT THE MAINTENANCE RECORDSBEING C URRENT. ALL RECORDS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN LOST IN A HANGAR FIRE. ONLY DOCUMENTATION AVAILABLE WAS A STATUS SHEET INDICATING INSPECTION CURRENCY.

## Other reports on N6592Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19990828025489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990828025489A), Aug 28, 1999: Piper PA23250 (N6592Y), Osceola, WI, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 28, 1999, at 1830 central daylight time, a Piper PA-23-250, N6592Y, piloted and operated by a commercially rated pilot, sustained substantial…

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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