# Incident 20120328004589I: Piper PA-23-250, New Ulm, TX, March 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2012, 13:20 local time
- Place: New Ulm, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8830° N, 96.4960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Ulm, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8830&lon=-96.4960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6562A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6562A-2021-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,118 total, 5 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120328004589I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT, AFTER 11 MINUTE OF UNEVENTFUL VFR FLIGHT AIRMAN ENTERED LEFT TRAFFIC, FOR AN ANTICIPATED NORMAL LANDING. LANDING CHECK LIST DID NOT INCLUDE A VISUAL CONFIRMATION THAT LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL POWER SETTING WAS REDUCED DURING FLAIR AND GEAR HORN SOUNDED SIMULTAINIOUSLY WITH TOUCH DOWN. LANDING WAS MADE WITH LANDING GEAR NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.PILOT ACTED IN A CARELESS MANNER BY ALLOWING THE GEAR UP LANDING OPERATION.  AIRCRAFT SKIDED APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET GENERALLY ALONG THE CENTER LINE AXIS, COMING TO REST WITH A SLIGHT HEADING CHANGE TO THE RIGHT.1)AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SUMMARY:  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS RESTRICTED TO ALL THREE LANDING GEAR.A.MINOR DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT ON INSPECTION TO ALL THREE GEAR ASSEMBLIES AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENT PARTS.B.PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES VERIFY THIS CURSORY INSPECTION DAMAGE.MINIMAL DAMAGE WITH NO STRUCTRUAL COMPROMISE INDICATED.C.RECOMMEND SPECIALIZED INSPECTION BE CONDUCTED TO FURTHER DETERMINE COMPLETE COMPONENT(S) DAMAGE..2)SPECIFIC DAMAGE: NOSE AND BOTH MAIN GEAR; GEAR DOORS INDICATED SCRAPE MARKING FROM GROUND CONTACT. A.DEFORMATION OF METAL WAS MINIMAL. INTERNAL STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY APPEARS NOT TO BE COMPROMISED.I.HOWEVER, REWORK OF SKIN IS REQUIRED.II.GEAR DOOR SUPPORT STRUCTURE APPEARS NOT TO BE COMPROMISED. III.SPECIALIZED INSPECTION OF ENTIRE ASSEMBLY RECOMMNEDED TO ENSURE FURTHER AIRWORTHINESS.B.NO FAILURE INDICATIONS TO DAMAGE OF WORKING COMPONENTS, I.E. LINKAGE AND CONNECTING ARMS.C.NO LEAKAGE WAS EVIDENT.D.NO FIRE DAMAGE OR OVERHEATING FOUND.E.INTERNAL DAMAGE TO GEAR SPINDLES; I.E. TIRE ROTATION. WAS NOT POSSIBLE; RECOMMEND FURTHER MAINTENANCE EVALUATION BE CONDUCTED.3)DESIGN INTEGRITY OF THE LANDING GEAR WAS EVIDENT BY THE MANUFACUTER.  THIS DUE TO MINIMAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM GEAR UP LANDING ON GRASS SURFACE.

## Other reports on N6562A (1)

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

- [Accident 20190518004839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190518004839A), May 18, 2019: Piper PA-23-250 (N6562A), Peachtree, GA, Substantial damage. On may 18, 2019, at 7:15AM, clear skies, wind calm, a Piper aztec PA23-250, aircraft making an approach to runway 31 at Falcon field (ffc) Peachtree city,…

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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