# Incident 20080403831639I: Piper PA23250, Orlando, FL, April 3, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2008, 09:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62836, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62836) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080403831639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT UPON APPROACH FOR LANDING THAT THE AIRCRAFT ONLY INDICATED THE NLG EXTENDING. HE PROCEEDED TO USE THE HAND-PUMP FOR THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE MLGS. THE RIGHT MLG DID EXTEND, HOWEVER THE LEFT MLG WOULD NOT. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH AIRPORT AND LANDED ON THE NLG AND RIGHT MLG WITH THE LEFT MLG COLLAPSING ON IMPACT. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF RED HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF LEFT WING, UNDER THE LEFT WING AND ALL OVER THE LEFT WHEEL WELL AREA. UPON INVESTIGATION IT APPEARED THE LEFT MLG ACTUATOR HAD BLOWN A SEAL INTERNALLY AND HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKED OUT THUS CAUSING THE FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCESS.

## Other reports on N62836 (1)

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

- [Incident 20240111000089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240111000089I), Jan 11, 2024: Piper PA-23-250 (N62836), Sweetwater, TX, Minor damage. On January 11, 2023, at approximately 1510, a Piper PA23 aircraft landed gear up on runway 22 at Sweetwater TX municipal airport (sww). The aircraft was being…

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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