# Incident 20061210030319I: Piper PA23250, Fremont, OH, December 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fremont, OH
- Airport: Sandusky County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2957° N, 83.0372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDUSKY COUNTY RGNL (S24), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2957&lon=-83.0372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54077, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54077) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061210030319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH, AN EXTENSION OF THE FLAPS WAS INITIATED WITH NO RESULT (ZERO DEGREES) IN FLAP TRAVEL. SUSPECTING A PROBLEM WITH THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN NO ACTION, THUS CONFIRMING A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILLURE. THE PILOT THEN ACTIVATED THE COMPRESSED CO2 EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. THE RESULT OF THIS PROCEDURE WAS A COMPLETE, AND INDICATED, EXTENSION OF BOTH THE NOSE AND L/H MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES, WITH A PARTIAL, NON-INDICATED, EXTENSION OF THE R/H MAIN LANDING GEAR. DURING A FLY-BY IT WAS WITNESSED BY GROUND PERSONNEL THAT THE R/H GEAR DOORS WERE OPENED AND THE GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS STILL IN THE GEAR WELL. UPON FINAL APPROACH THE ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN, AND PROPELLERS FULLY FEATHERED. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE NOSE AND L/H MAIN LANDING GEAR, UNTIL THE AIRSPEED BLED OFF RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT STEP AND R/H WING TIP STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE AN UNCONTROLLABLE RIGHT HAND TURN, ENTERING THE GRASS, STRIKING A RUNWAY RECONG LIGHT, ROTATING 120 DEGREES AND COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE RIGHT HAND EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N54077 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960505015209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960505015209I), May 5, 1996: Piper PA23250 (N54077), Fremont, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: landing gear collapsed on touchdown, aircraft slid off right side of runway. Witnesses stated that gear was only partially extended. Minor damage to…

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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