# Accident 20060917021129A: Piper PA23250, Ft Lauderdale, FL, September 17, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2006, 11:05 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2064° N, 80.1736° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2064&lon=-80.1736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N428RM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060917021129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2006, ON ABOUT 11:05 A PIPER PA23-250, N428RM, 27-7654162, REGISTERED TO FLX LLC OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PRIVATE FLIGHT, MADE AN EMERGENCY/GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AT FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT WAS AN AIR TRANSPORT PILOT RATED AND REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BOCA RATON (BCT). THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER TAKE OFF HE NOTICED AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION HE TRIED TO RECYCLE THE LANDING GEAR THEN TRIED TO USE THE HAND PUMP THEN PULLED THE BLOW DOWN CABLE AND THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND, ALL 3 GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE. THE PILOT MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 13 AT (FXE). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 MIA06CA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA139), Sep 17, 2006: Piper PA-23-250 (N428RM), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate installation of a flexible hydraulic hose at the nose landing gear actuator by an unknown person resulting in the total loss of hydraulic fluid, the inability of the pilot to extend…

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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