# Incident 20010313004839I: Piper PA23250, Braithwaite, LA, March 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Braithwaite, LA
- Airport: Braithwaite Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8604° N, 89.9031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Braithwaite Park Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8604&lon=-89.9031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5123Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5123Y-2001-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 1,500 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/20010313004839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE A/C NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR OPERATING HANDLE WAS FOUND IN UP POSITION AND THE FLAP HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE DOWN POSITION. PROPELLER STRIKES OCCURRED AFTER APPROX. 650 FEET OF ROLL OUT ON SOD RUNWAY. PILOT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE ATTEMPT TO RETRACT THE FLAPS BUT NORMALLY DOES SO ON ROLL OUT. PILOT CONCURS THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSE WAS HIS INADVERTENT RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE MAIN GEAR REMAINED LOCKED DOWN AND THE A/C WAS INSPECTED PRIOR TO REMOVAL FROM THE RUNWAY.

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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