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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Stevens Point, WI · October 26, 2001

Date: October 26, 2001 · 16:00 local
Place: Stevens Point, WI
Airport: Stevens Point
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N22PG
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,073 total350 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N22PGRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7305203 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated: that he made a normal approach to the airport, selected the landing gear down position. "Did not get three green lights for gear down and locked. Used hand pump to pump down landing gear and did have three green lights until turning final when I selected flaps down and attempted to hand pump flaps down. Green lights went off and horn sounded with power reduced. Performed go around at this Point to try and problem solve gear problem. Attempted to hand pump but had no pressure in hand pump. Attempted to blow gear down with co bottle but stil did not get green lights. Asked line personnel on the ground to verify the wheels were under the airplane. Which they did verify. Attempted a landing on runway 30 at the airport on roll out the right gear collapsed followed shortly after by the nose gear collapse. Aircraft skidded on gear doors to a stop on the right side of the runway. Shut off fuel, mags and master and exited aircraft."

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED: THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT, SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN POSITION. "DID NOT GET THREE GREEN LIGHTS FOR GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. USED HAND PUMP TO PUMP DOWN LANDING GEAR AND DID HAVE THREE GREEN LIGHTS UNTIL TURNING FINAL WHEN I SELECTED FLAPS DOWN AND ATTEMPTED TO HAND PUMP FLAPS DOWN. GREEN LIGHTS WENT OFF AND HORN SOUNDED WITH POWER REDUCED. PERFORMED GO AROUND AT THIS POINT TO TRY AND PROBLEM SOLVE GEAR PROBLEM. ATTEMPTED TO HAND PUMP BUT HAD NO PRESSURE IN HAND PUMP. ATTEMPTED TO BLOW GEAR DOWN WITH CO BOTTLE BUT STIL DID NOT GET GREEN LIGHTS. ASKED LINE PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND TO VERIFY THE WHEELS WERE UNDER THE AIRPLANE. WHICH THEY DID VERIFY. ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 AT THE AIRPORT ON ROLL OUT THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON GEAR DOORS TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. SHUT OFF FUEL, MAGS AND MASTER AND EXITED AIRCRAFT."