20031113029479I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Columbia, SC · November 13, 2003

Date: November 13, 2003 · 14:12 local
Place: Columbia, SC
Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N54504
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0

N54504Registered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-3369 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft, N54504, a Piper PA-23-250, departed fdw on 11-13-03 at 1255 local. The pilot encountered a landing retraction problem and recycled the landing gear. The landing gear indicators did not confirm that gear was up or down. Pilot executed emergency gear extension procedures, however, the landing gear was still not confirmed as locked down. The pilot performed an emergency gear up landing at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (cae) at 1412 local time. The aircraft slid to a stop on runway 29. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the four occupants of the aircraft were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT, N54504, A PIPER PA-23-250, DEPARTED FDW ON 11-13-03 AT 1255 LOCAL. THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A LANDING RETRACTION PROBLEM AND RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATORS DID NOT CONFIRM THAT GEAR WAS UP OR DOWN. PILOT EXECUTED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES, HOWEVER, THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL NOT CONFIRMED AS LOCKED DOWN. THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY GEAR UP LANDING AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (CAE) AT 1412 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 29. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE FOUR OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT INJURED.