# Incident 20040727024469I: Piper PA23250, Tampa, FL, July 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Peter O Knight Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9154° N, 82.4494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER O KNIGHT (TPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444DA-2017-07-18) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040727024469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 27, 2004, AT 1430 EST, A PIPER 23-250, N444DA, REGISTERED TO DEREWORTH AVIATION INC., LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AND THE MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED DURING AN INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PETER O'KNIGHT AIRPORT, TAMPA, FLORIDA ON JULY 27, 2004 AT 1200 HOURS.

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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