# Incident 20050409006709I: Piper PA30, Seligman, AZ, April 9, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2005, 12:45 local time
- Place: Seligman, AZ
- Airport: Seligman Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3351° N, 112.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SELIGMAN (P23), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3351&lon=-112.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050409006709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 9, 2005 AT 12:45 MST, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED N23RD, A PIPER PA-30, GEAR UP AT SELIGMAN, ARIZONA AIRPORT (P23), AND SUBSEQUENTLY SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 22, STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT, AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. PILOT INTENDED TO LAND AT PRESCOTT, ARIZONA (PRC), BUT DIVERTED TO SELIGMAN, AZ, BECAUSE OF DETERIORATING WEATHER. UPON ENTERING THE PATTERN, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN BUT DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT. HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND MADE ADDITIONAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT SPOKE TO A LOCAL RESIDENT ON UNICOM FREQUENCY, WHO WAS ABLE TO SEE THE AIRPLANE, AND CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. PILOT OPTED TO LAND GEAR UP, RATHER THAN MAKE FURTHER ATTEMPTS AT GEAR EXTENSION, BECAUSE OF WEATHER CLOSING IN.

## Other reports on N23RD (1)

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

- [Incident 19850525032459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850525032459I), May 25, 1985: Piper PA30 (N23RD), Minden, NV, Minor damage. During bfr checkride, gear collapsed on landing. Selector down circuit breaker popped, horn improperly adjusted.

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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