# Incident 20021025032439I: Piper PA23250, Philadelphia, PA, October 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2002, 21:30 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NAHA
- Location: 40.0819° N, 75.0106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (PNE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0819&lon=-75.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13878, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13878-2018-01-11) (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: 2,400 total, 550 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021025032439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED - AFTER LANDING WHILE TURNING RIGHT OFF RUNWAY THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED 2 OF THE 4 DOWNLOCK SPRINGS BROKEN ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK. M&D REPORT TO BE FILED. THIS INVESTIGATION CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N13878 (3)

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

- [Accident 20060320011719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060320011719A), Mar 20, 2006: Piper PA23250 (N13878), Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) On the first leg of operator's daily pne-mmu-buf cargo run, subject aircraft was cleared by mmu tower for the visual approach to runway 5. After…
- [Incident 19890505044489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890505044489I), May 5, 1989: Piper PA23250 (N13878), Boston, MA, Minor damage. Left engine propeller struck a parked aircraft while taxiing on the ramp. Minor damage to both aircraft.
- [Incident 19780303015339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780303015339I), Mar 3, 1978: Piper PA23250 (N13878), Boston, MA, Minor damage. Pilot landed on snow covered runway. Visibility restricted due to blowing snow. Turned off into snowbank.

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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