19990419021079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Toledo, OH · April 19, 1999

Date
April 19, 1999 · 17:10 local
Place
Toledo, OH
Airport
Toledo Express
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54089
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total203 in this make and model110 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot landed with the landing gear retracted. Upon hearing the props strike the ground the pilot pulled the aircraft up a few feet lowered the landing gear without further incidence. (Both props slightly bent) and landed the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. UPON HEARING THE PROPS STRIKE THE GROUND THE PILOT PULLED THE AIRCRAFT UP A FEW FEET LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENCE. (BOTH PROPS SLIGHTLY BENT) AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.