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FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Charleston, SC · June 25, 2008

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Date
June 25, 2008 · 21:00 local
Place
Charleston, SC
Airport
Charleston Afb/International
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N229M
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N229MRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-4252 · Built 1969Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine 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) According to the pilots telephone statement: he took off from the summerville airport going to kingstree, SC. After takeoff the right landing gear did not retract. The passenger stated that he could see fluid leaking out of the right engine nacelle. The pilot then lowered the landing gear normally, but it did not move. He then tried to pump it down, in accordance with the checklist. It did not move then either. The pilot then blew the gear down, in accordance with the checklist, however only the two mains came down. He elected to land at the Charleston airport. He shut down the right engine prior to landing and positioned the prop horizontally. On short final he shut down the left engine and positioned the prop horizontally also. He made a normal landing on the main gear. As the aircraft slowed, he allowed the nose to go down to the runway, whereupon he applied maximum braking. The pilot stated that there was no damage to the engine nacelles or to the propellers, just some fiberglass and sheet metal damage under the nose about 3 feet back.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOTS TELEPHONE STATEMENT: HE TOOK OFF FROM THE SUMMERVILLE AIRPORT GOING TO KINGSTREE, SC. AFTER TAKEOFF THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DID NOT RETRACT. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT HE COULD SEE FLUID LEAKING OUT OF THE RIGHT ENGINE NACELLE. THE PILOT THEN LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR NORMALLY, BUT IT DID NOT MOVE. HE THEN TRIED TO PUMP IT DOWN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHECKLIST. IT DID NOT MOVE THEN EITHER. THE PILOT THEN BLEW THE GEAR DOWN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHECKLIST, HOWEVER ONLY THE TWO MAINS CAME DOWN. HE ELECTED TO LAND AT THE CHARLESTON AIRPORT. HE SHUT DOWN THE RIGHT ENGINE PRIOR TO LANDING AND POSITIONED THE PROP HORIZONTALLY. ON SHORT FINAL HE SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND POSITIONED THE PROP HORIZONTALLY ALSO. HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING ON THE MAIN GEAR. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, HE ALLOWED THE NOSE TO GO DOWN TO THE RUNWAY, WHEREUPON HE APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE NACELLES OR TO THE PROPELLERS, JUST SOME FIBERGLASS AND SHEET METAL DAMAGE UNDER THE NOSE ABOUT 3 FEET BACK.