# Incident 19960815022689I: Piper PA23250, St Augustine, FL, August 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13930, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13930-2016-12-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 805 total, 350 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960815022689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED SFB ENROUTE TO CRG. APPROXIMATELY 15 NM SOUTHWEST OF SGJ, AIRCRAFT DOOR CAME OPEN CAUSING A SEVERE AIRFRAME VIBRATION. PILOT LANDED AT SGJ AND EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 06 INTO SOFT SAND COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE UPPER LANDING GEAR STRUT HAD FRACTURED ON LANDING ALLOWING THE GEAR TO TURN TO THE RIGHT. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT LIMITED TO RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND DOORS, PROPELLER AND LOWER COWLING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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