19970517016419I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Tulsa, OK · May 17, 1997

Date: May 17, 1997 · 11:50 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1133P
Reported as: Piper PA23
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 680 total20 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

N1133PRegistration cancelled Jul 22, 2008 · Piper PA-23S/N 23-145 · Built 1955 Airframe modelPiper PA-23 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: during certification check ride at r.l. Jones airport, Tulsa, OK while simulating left engine inoperable landing, the left engine was feathered. A manual extension of the landing gear was executed due to lack of hydraulic pressure from left engine. The nose gear collapsed on landing. The owner of the aircraft found the gear selector handle in the neutral position on his arrival to the accident scene.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING CERTIFICATION CHECK RIDE AT R.L. JONES AIRPORT, TULSA, OK WHILE SIMULATING LEFT ENGINE INOPERABLE LANDING, THE LEFT ENGINE WAS FEATHERED. A MANUAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXECUTED DUE TO LACK OF HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FROM LEFT ENGINE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THE GEAR SELECTOR HANDLE IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION ON HIS ARRIVAL TO THE ACCIDENT SCENE.