# Incident 20080625854939I: Piper PA23250, Charleston, SC, June 25, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2008, 21:00 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb/International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8986° N, 80.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON AFB/INTL (CHS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8986&lon=-80.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N229M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N229M) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080625854939I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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