# Incident 19990224016529I: Piper PA28R200, West Palm Beach, FL, February 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1999, 13:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Wellington Aero Club Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6467° N, 80.2951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WELLINGTON AERO CLUB (FD38), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6467&lon=-80.2951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99YP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99YP-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 493 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990224016529I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT STATEMENT ADMITS TO BECOMING OVERWHELMED DURING FINAL APPROACH INTO AN UNFAMILIAR GRASS RUNWAY WITH TWO TOWERS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. PILOT DOES NOT RECALL DELIBERATELY EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR.  JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM ACTUATED, ALLOWING THE GEAR TO DROP.  PILOT UNSURE IF HE VERIFIED THAT ALL GEAR WERE INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED CONDITION.  UPON NOSE WHEEL TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ALLOWING THE PROPELLER TO IMPACT THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. AMENDMENT: SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH A VALVE ASSEMBLY, PART NUMBER 67522-002, WHICH WAS REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N99YP (1)

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

- [Incident 20190721015079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190721015079I), Jul 21, 2019: Piper PA-28R-200 (N99YP), Boone, NC, Minor damage. On 7/21/2019 at approximately 1407 local time, a Piper arrow ii, PA-28R-200, registration number N99YP, piloted by [privacy data omitted], commercial pilot…

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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