# Incident 20031113029479I: Piper PA23250, Columbia, SC, November 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2003, 14:12 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54504, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031113029479I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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