# Incident 20030707030809I: Piper PA23250, Coatesvilla, PA, July 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2003, 12:25 local time
- Place: Coatesvilla, PA
- Airport: Chester County/Carlson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9852° N, 75.8190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coatesville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9852&lon=-75.8190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2343Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2343Z-2006-09-21) (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 IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 132 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030707030809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER FLAPS FOR APPROACH & LANDING, AND HAD UN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A COMPLETE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE DUE TO A TOTAL HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKAGE FROM THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ANTI RETRACT HYDRAULIC HOSE, NOSE AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT DAMAGED WAS CONTAINED TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, THE LEFT & RIGHT PROPS AND MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS. A M&D REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE DOM OF THE LOCAL FBO. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N2343Z (2)

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

- [Accident 20050306009509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050306009509A), Mar 6, 2005: Piper PA23250 (N2343Z), Coatesvilla, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Aircraft impacted the ground approximately at 1405 local EST time, 0.7 miles south of 40N (Chester county airport, PA) on Sunday March 6th, 2005,…
- [Incident 19960809030089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960809030089I), Aug 9, 1996: Piper PA23250 (N2343Z), Middletown, PA, Minor damage. Narrative: on August 9, 1996, at 1450 hours, a Piper aztec, N2343Z, registered to chester county aviation, inc., made an emergency landing at Harrisburg…

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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