# Incident 19991222045249I: Piper PA24250, Mesquite, TX, December 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Phil L Hudson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7668° N, 96.5992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesquite, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7668&lon=-96.5992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6168P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6168P-2018-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Pilot flight hours: 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991222045249I

## Narrative

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

(-23)LEFT LANDING GEAR (MAIN) COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT MESQUITE, TX MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE LEFT LG ACTUATOR CABLE WAS DEFECTIVE.

## Other reports on N6168P (2)

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

- [Accident 20150701014219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150701014219A), Jul 1, 2015: Piper PA-24-250 (N6168P), Quinlin, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On July 1, 2015, about 1320 central daylight time, a Piper PA-24-250, N6168P, experienced a loss of engine power after takeoff from runway 18 at at rockin m…
- [Incident 19861107073379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861107073379I), Nov 7, 1986: Piper PA24250 (N6168P), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Landed long and fast and ran off the end of the runway striking a sign.

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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