# Incident 20010829026649I: Piper PA23250, South Bend, IN, August 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2001, 07:30 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JOPA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54828 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total, 500 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010829026649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING OUT FOR DEPARTURE AT SBN AIRPORT TO RW9R. PILOT FELT LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE. PILOT SHUT OFF ENGINES. NO DAMAGE OTHER THAN MAIN GEAR WHEEL SEPARATED IN HALF. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

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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