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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Miami, FL · August 26, 2007

Date: August 26, 2007 · 10:30 local
Place: Miami, FL
Airport: Kendall-Tamiami Executive
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1036L
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 555 total475 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N1036LRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7654135 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23) During a flight from cat island (myca), Bahamas to Kendall Tamiami executive airport (tmb), during landing at tmb, the pilot forgot to lower the landing gear and aircraft effected a belly landing. Both propellers were bent rearward and opposite to rotation, both engines received sudden stoppage, landing gear doors were scraped. The aircraft received minor damage to all three landing gear doors. Pilot and passenger were not injured. At the time of the accident the weather was VFR. The flight was on a VFR flight plan.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING A FLIGHT FROM CAT ISLAND (MYCA), BAHAMAS TO KENDALL TAMIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB), DURING LANDING AT TMB, THE PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND AIRCRAFT EFFECTED A BELLY LANDING. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE BENT REARWARD AND OPPOSITE TO ROTATION, BOTH ENGINES RECEIVED SUDDEN STOPPAGE, LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE SCRAPED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO ALL THREE LANDING GEAR DOORS. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE WEATHER WAS VFR. THE FLIGHT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN.