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FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Ravenna, OH · February 18, 1997

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Date
February 18, 1997 · 14:38 local
Place
Ravenna, OH
Airport
Portage County Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N296BD
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540A1B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total700 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days
N296BDRegistration cancelled Apr 21, 2016 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-83 · Built 1960Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot attempted to lower landing gear thru normal operation, hand pump, and discharge of emergency CO2 bottle, none of which were successful. A gear-up landing was made. Aircraft sustained minor damage. Following gear-up landing aircraft was placed on jacks and CO2 pressure released in system. Hand pump functioned normally and gear retracted and extended several times without problem. System was inspected and appeared normal, cause was undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR THRU NORMAL OPERATION, HAND PUMP, AND DISCHARGE OF EMERGENCY CO2 BOTTLE, NONE OF WHICH WERE SUCCESSFUL. A GEAR-UP LANDING WAS MADE. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. FOLLOWING GEAR-UP LANDING AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS AND CO2 PRESSURE RELEASED IN SYSTEM. HAND PUMP FUNCTIONED NORMALLY AND GEAR RETRACTED AND EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT PROBLEM. SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND APPEARED NORMAL, CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.