# Incident 20020304003059I: Piper PA23250, Honolulu, HI, March 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2002, 18:00 local time
- Place: Honolulu, HI
- Airport: Honolulu International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F7HS
- Location: 21.3069° N, 157.8583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Honolulu, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.3069&lon=-157.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69AJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69AJ) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,333 total, 1,155 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020304003059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC (STUDENT) STATES THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED, OBSERVED 3 GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING DOWN & LOCKED AND LANDING GEAR HANDLE RETURNING TO NEUTRAL. THE HONOLULU TOWER DID ADVISE TO CHANGE LANDING RUNWAY FROM 4L TO 4R, WHILE DOWNWIND. AIRPLANE LANDED NORMALLY ON MAIN WHEELS, AT THE THRESHOLD WITHOUT ANY ABNORMALITIES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE TWO MAIN LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED, WITH THE AIRPLANE SKIDDING TO A FULL STOP. INVESTIGATION FINDING: THE LEFT MAIN LANDING ACTUATING CYLINDER ROD END BROKEN. THIS ROD END IS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ACTUATING CYLINDER. THE ROD END PART WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED WITHOUT ANY OTHER MALFUNCTIONS. ALTHOUGH, THE ROD END WAS BROKEN. IT MAY HAVE BEEN BROKENDURING RECOVERY AND REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE LANDING 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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