# Incident 19991202035129I: Piper PA23250, Fremont, NE, December 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1999, 14:50 local time
- Place: Fremont, NE
- Airport: Fremont Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4499° N, 96.5212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREMONT MUNI (FET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4499&lon=-96.5212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200WH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200WH-2003-11-22) (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 IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991202035129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TAXIED FROM THE RAMP TO THE RUN-UP AREA AND PERFORMED A TAKEOFF CHECK AND RUN-UP.  UPON COMPLETION, HE TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY 31 HOLD SHORT LINE.  AFTER A PRE-TAKEOFF CHECK, HE TAXIED INTO POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT REACHED APPROXIMATELY 45 KNOTS DURING TAKEOFF WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FORCING THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FEET OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 31, AND APPROXIMATELY ONE THOUSAND FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  AFTER COMPLETING A GEAR RETRACTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF DIRT AND GREASE ON THE GEAR DOWN HOOKS AND SPRINGS.  AFTER SEVERAL RETRACTIONS, THE HOOKS WOULD INTERMITENTLY NOT ENGAGE TO HOLD THE GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION.  REMOVED AND CLEANED THE ITEMS LISTED AND PERFORMED A RETRACTION WITHOUT ANY ABNORMALITY.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION 10 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N200WH (1)

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

- [Accident 20010110000469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010110000469A), Jan 10, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N200WH), Griffith, IN, No damage. (-23) On January 10, 2001, a Piper aztec, N200WH crashed shortly after takeoff from Griffith, Indiana airport (05C). The pilot sustained serious injuries and…

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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