# Incident 20000919031209I: Piper PA24250, Bessemer, AL, September 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2000, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5923P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5923P-2018-03-14) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 326 total, 194 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000919031209I

## Narrative

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

(-23)GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING, LANDING GEAR MOTOR AND ACTUATOR WAS TORN FROM THE AFT MOUNTING BULKHEAD.

## Other reports on N5923P (2)

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

- [Accident 20140703013639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140703013639A), Jul 3, 2014: Piper PA-24-250 (N5923P), Monroeville, AL, Substantial damage. N5923P departed keet on an IFR flight plan to kmvc for the purpose of flight training on the use of a newly installed garmin 430 GPS. The CFI, who was…
- [Incident 19950321007729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950321007729I), Mar 21, 1995: Piper PA24250 (N5923P), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot stated that on approach they were distracted by having to switch from one radio to another due to problems. At the same time a change in type…

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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