# Incident 19990308027219I: Piper PA23250, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1999, 14:05 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2484R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2484R-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 149 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990308027219I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT TCL AND CALLED THREE GREEN, TOWER ALSO STATED GEAR WERE DOWN. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE TO CONTACT AND SCRAPE RUNWAY. AS AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON RUNWAY BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED AND ENGINES EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STOPPAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED DAMAGE TO LEFT ENGINE FORWARD COWL IN AREA OF AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. MINOR SKIN WRINKLING NOTED ON BOTH ENGINE REAR NACELLE ACCESS PANELS AND BELOW PILOT SIDE WINDSHIELD FORWARD LEFT CORNER. THE LOWER NOSE CONE FROM TIP TO NOSE GEAR WAS SCRAPE DAMAGED, GEAR COMPONENTS APPEARED IN TACT AND UNDAMGED. UNABLE TO INSPECT THE NOSE GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM DUE TO STRAP HOLDING MECHANISM IN OVERLOCK POSITION. A TRAIL OF HYDRAULIC FLUID WAS NOTED ON BELLY OF AIRCRAFT IN AREA OF HYDRAULIC POWER PACK. MECHANIC STATED DOWNLOCK MECHANISM FELT SPONGY AND SOFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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