# Incident 19981023041459I: Piper PA24250, Ft Lauderdale, FL, October 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1998, 10:35 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8245P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8245P-2013-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,430 total, 8 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981023041459I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON OCTOBER 23, 1998, ABOUT 2300 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER-24-250, N824P REGISTERED TO HARTFORD HOLDING CORP., 3511 SILVERSIDE RD, STE 105, WILMINGTON, DE 19810-4902, EXPERIENCED A GEAR UP LANDING AT FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FL 33309. THE TOWER WAS INFORMED OF THE SITUATION AND AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURE IN THE FLIGHT MANUAL.  THE PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE AIRCRAFT GEAR BUT IT WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND, THIS WAS OBSERVED BY THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.  THE AIRCRAFT GEAR WAS NOT SECURED ON FINAL AND A SUCCESSFUL BELLY LANDING WAS MADE.  INITIAL INSPECTION SHOW DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8245P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20001208023029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001208023029A), Dec 8, 2000: Piper PA24250 (N8245P), Antimony, UT, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) On December 8, 2000, at approximately 16:55 mountain standard time, a Piper model PA-24-250, N8245P, registered to and operated by the pilot, was…

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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