# Incident 20060106000189I: Piper PA23250, Minden, NV, January 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2006, 21:10 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Douglas County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250RT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N250RT) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 30 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/20060106000189I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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