# Incident 19970218009299I: Piper PA23250, Ravenna, OH, February 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1997, 14:38 local time
- Place: Ravenna, OH
- Airport: Portage County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2102° N, 81.2516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTAGE COUNTY (POV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2102&lon=-81.2516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N296BD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N296BD-2016-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 700 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/19970218009299I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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