# Incident 19980822041739I: Piper PA23250, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1998, 09:45 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: San Juan/Isla Grande
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N620H-2015-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,825 total, 144 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980822041739I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON 9/23/98 AT ABOUT 9:40PM LOCAL TIME, AS0-COM CENTER ADVISED THAT N620H, A PA-23-250 AZTEC ON FLIGHT FROM ST. THOMAS, USVI, REPORTED THAT HE WILL BE LANDING AT THE ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT WITH LANDING GEAR INDICATION PROBLEMS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT UPON LANDING N620H RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE PROBABLE FAILURE WAS INTERNAL LEAK ON THE HYDRAULIC POWER PACK. INVESTIGATION DOES NOT INDICATED ANY OTHER POSSIBLE CAUSE. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

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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