# Incident 20020120014449I: Piper PA23250, Orlando, FL, January 20, 2002 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 20, 2002, 17:39 local time - Place: Orlando, FL - Airport: Orlando Executive Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10 - Aircraft: N63887, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63887-2017-06-07) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 802 total, 80 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020120014449I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON JANUARY 20, 2002, AT 1739 HOURS EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, A PIPER AZTEC, N63887, PERFORMED A GEAR-UP LANDING. THE AZTEC SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FLIGHT CREW WHICH CONSISTED OF A COMMERCIALLY-RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A PRIVATE PILOT WHO WAS UNDERGOING COMPLEX AIRPLANE TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR HIS COMMERCIAL PILOT PRACTICAL TEST. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS. THE LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT AND WAS CONDUCTED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE FLIGHT CREW HAD PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED TWO FULL STOP LANDINGS WITH A "TAXI BACK" FOR A SUBSEQUENT TAKE-OFF. THE INVESTIGATION AND INTERVIEWS WITH THE FLIGHT CREW REVEALED THAT THE LANDING CHECKLIST WAS INITIATED ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN USING THE "CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE" METHOD. THE FLIGHT CREW WAS DISTRACTED LOOKING FOR OTHER AIR TRAFFIC THAT THEY WERE TO FOLLOW FOR LANDING. NEITHER PILOT CAN CONFIRM THAT THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS WERE CHECKED PRIOR TO LANDING. ALSO, ON THIS AIRPLANE, THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IS SUPPOSED TO RETURN TO THE MIDDLE OR NEUTRAL POSITION WHEN THE LANDING GEAR FULLY CYCLES. NEITHER PILOT CHECKED THE POSITION OF THE HANDLE UNTIL RETURNING TO THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT TO RETRIEVE THEIR BELONGINGS. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND HAD NOT RETURNED TO NEUTRAL. ## Other reports on N63887 (5) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20041108031409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041108031409A), Nov 8, 2004: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Detroit, MI, Destroyed. (-23) On November 8, 2004 at 1404 hour a twin engine Piper PA-23-250, registration number N63887 took off from Detroit City Airport on rwy 25 to the north. The… - [Incident 20010728017569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728017569I), Jul 28, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) During landing roll-out, right main gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the right main landing gear center draglink bolt had broken and fallen… - [Incident 20010310007709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310007709I), Mar 10, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23)On 10 March 2001 approximately 1930 hrs, Mr. Enrico a. crawford, holder of pilot certificate number 149623491 was giving instrument dual flight… - [Incident 20000907029639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907029639I), Sep 7, 2000: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23)During cruise flight at 3500' 10NM northwest Orlando executive airport, exhaust manifold of right engine #2 cylinder failed, causing exhaust flames to… - [Incident 19880915058409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880915058409I), Sep 15, 1988: Piper PA23250 (N63887), Boston, MA. Right engine failure on climb out due to fuel starvation. Secured and returned. Dirt in bowl and injector screen. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.