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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Fryeburg, ME · July 1, 2007

Date: July 1, 2007 · 18:00 local
Place: Fryeburg, ME
Airport: Eastern Slopes Regional
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N775TS
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total5,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N775TSRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7654069 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted pilot statement disclosed that departed fxe at 0900 to izg with a fuel stop at dpl. About 1800 upon landing at izg the pilot felt and heard the right prop striking the pavement, feeling a go-around would be too dangerous, the aircraft then touched down with the landing gear up. The aircraft skidded down the right side of the runway approximately 100 yards, coming to a stop just off the right side of the pavement. The aircraft destroyed one runway landing light. See photo's enclosed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT STATEMENT DISCLOSED THAT DEPARTED FXE AT 0900 TO IZG WITH A FUEL STOP AT DPL. ABOUT 1800 UPON LANDING AT IZG THE PILOT FELT AND HEARD THE RIGHT PROP STRIKING THE PAVEMENT, FEELING A GO-AROUND WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS, THE AIRCRAFT THEN TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LANDING GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS, COMING TO A STOP JUST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT DESTROYED ONE RUNWAY LANDING LIGHT. SEE PHOTO'S ENCLOSED.