# Incident 20020914027859I: Piper PA23250, Edinburg, TX, September 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2002, 14:21 local time
- Place: Edinburg, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3017° N, 98.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edinburg, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3017&lon=-98.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66JW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66JW) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020914027859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS NORMAL AND HE HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS. AFTER LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME. BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND PILOT CRANKED DOWN THE NOSE GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED TO THE HANGAR. AN M OR D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. THERE WAS NO NMAC AND NO PILOT DEVIATION.

## Other reports on N66JW (1)

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

- [Incident 20070128002559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070128002559I), Jan 28, 2007: Piper PA23250 (N66JW), Mcallen, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that the nose gear collapsed after landing. No NMAC, fire, or damage to property or persons on the ground. An m or d will be submitted.

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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