20020604011569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Scottsdale, AZ · June 4, 2002

Date
June 4, 2002 · 20:34 local
Place
Scottsdale, AZ
Airport
Scottsdale Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4601P
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming O540A1B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
320 total150 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

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 had the l/h eng. Fail on t.o. from sdl. He managed to turn the a/c 180 degrees and land uneventfully on runway #3, only to have the landing gears (3) collapse on t.dn. With the l/g collapsed only minor damage occurred to the gear doors (3), the props and some underside skin of the fuselage. No injury to the only occupant, the pilot and no postcrash fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT HAD THE L/H ENG. FAIL ON T.O. FROM SDL. HE MANAGED TO TURN THE A/C 180 DEGREES AND LAND UNEVENTFULLY ON RUNWAY #3, ONLY TO HAVE THE LANDING GEARS (3) COLLAPSE ON T.DN. WITH THE L/G COLLAPSED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE GEAR DOORS (3), THE PROPS AND SOME UNDERSIDE SKIN OF THE FUSELAGE. NO INJURY TO THE ONLY OCCUPANT, THE PILOT AND NO POSTCRASH FIRE.