# Incident 19990325020069I: Piper PA23250, Bellefonte, PA, March 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1999, 19:15 local time
- Place: Bellefonte, PA
- Airport: Bellefonte Skypark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9142° N, 77.7682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bellefonte, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9142&lon=-77.7682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65SC) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,885 total, 760 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990325020069I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 25, 1999, AT 1915 HOURS, A PIPER AZTEC, (PA-23-250), N65SC, REGISTERED TO TRAVEL HEALTH, LLC, AND OPERATED BY EDWARD DENCH, CRASHED UPON LANDING AT BELLEFONTE AIRPORT. PILOT DENCH SAID HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR BEFORE LANDING RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^           THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N65SC (1)

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

- [Incident 19951013037479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951013037479I), Oct 13, 1995: Piper PA23250 (N65SC), Beckley, WV, Substantial damage. Narrative: while enroute from york, pa to Beckley, WV, Piper aztec N65SC, piloted by edward dench, jr. experienced an in-flight fire and declared an emergency…

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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