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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Lubbock, TX · May 9, 2009

Date
May 9, 2009 · 11:10 local
Place
Lubbock, TX
Airport
Town & Country Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3165P
Reported as
Piper PA23
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total280 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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.

N3165P, a Piper apache PA-23, took off from Town and Country airport in Lubbock, Texas at approximately 0830 CDT and returned due ot weather enroute. At approximately 1111 CDT the aircraft landed gear up. The pilot said he forgot to lower the landing gear on landing. Damage was limited to both propellers and flaps. The pilot and one passenger were uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

N3165P, A PIPER APACHE PA-23, TOOK OFF FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY AIRPORT IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 CDT AND RETURNED DUE OT WEATHER ENROUTE. AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 CDT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. THE PILOT SAID HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ON LANDING. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND FLAPS. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.