# Accident 20060819017689A: Piper PA24250, Auburn, WA, August 19, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2006, 20:16 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3278° N, 122.2267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3278&lon=-122.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6249P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6249P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 178 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060819017689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF ITS MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DURING LANDING ROLL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA06LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA166), Aug 19, 2006: Piper PA-24-250 (N6249P), Auburn, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the landing gear's normal retraction/extension assembly due to an overload condition.

## Other reports on N6249P (1)

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

- [Incident 19780721036099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780721036099I), Jul 21, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N6249P), Jamieson, OR, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control during takeoff from an unimproved strip when one wingtip caght high grass.

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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