# Incident 20010423014849I: Piper PA23250, Fort Pierce, FL, April 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2001, 01:45 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74PL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74PL) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010423014849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, PILOT RECEIVED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION FOR LANDING AT FT. PIERCE. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM AND LANDING, RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, RIGHT FLAP BENT.

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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