# Incident 20020812021769I: Piper PA23250, Orlando, FL, August 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2002, 12:33 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- 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: N63883, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63883-2024-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020812021769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKEOFF AFTER A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE PILOT RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS, RESULTING IN THE RETRACTION OF THE NOSE GEAR ONLY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N63883 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20220917015279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220917015279I), Sep 17, 2022: Piper PA-23-250 (N63883), Beverly, MA, Minor damage. Pilot departed Beverly airport (bvy) for the first flight of the day. The intention of the flight on the day of the incident was to remain in the local traffic…

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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