# Incident 20060719016629I: Piper PA31350, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 19, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2006, 09:50 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27319, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27319-2018-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,900 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060719016629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 19, 2006 AIRCRAFT N27319, A PIPER PA-31-350 DEPARTED FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KFXE). THIS WAS A 14 CFR 91 FLIGHT. SOON AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT NOTED AN ABNORMALITY WITH THE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON CLEARING THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON APPROXIMATELY 400' TO 500' FEET OF INTERSECTION "G" ON THE TAXIWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT IS UNDERGOING REPAIRS AT A 14 CFR 145 REPAIR STATION. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY DISCREPANCIES WITH THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N27319 (1)

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

- [Incident 20010117001009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010117001009I), Jan 17, 2001: Piper PA31350 (N27319), Hutchinson, KS. (-23) Enorute from ict to hys, a/c developed an engine oil leak. Diverted into hut. Contract maintenance found valve cover seal leaking. Replaced valve cover…

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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