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FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Minden, NV · January 6, 2006

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Date
January 6, 2006 · 21:10 local
Place
Minden, NV
Airport
Douglas County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N250RT
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total30 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N250RTRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-4681 · Built 1971Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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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 pilot landed the airplane slightly left of the centerline. The left main gear entered a snow berm that was left on the runway after the runway was plowed. This caused the left main gear to break rearward and the airplane skidded left, hit hard on the left wing and caused spar damage. (-23 amendment) on landing, the pilot lost control and drifted from centerline of runway. The plane hit a snow berm on the runway and the gear collapsed. The airplane sustained minor damages and the two occupants were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ENTERED A SNOW BERM THAT WAS LEFT ON THE RUNWAY AFTER THE RUNWAY WAS PLOWED. THIS CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO BREAK REARWARD AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED LEFT, HIT HARD ON THE LEFT WING AND CAUSED SPAR DAMAGE. (-23 AMENDMENT) ON LANDING, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND DRIFTED FROM CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY. THE PLANE HIT A SNOW BERM ON THE RUNWAY AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGES AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED.