# Incident 20130119001119I: Piper PA-23, Statesboro, GA, January 19, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2013, 15:30 local time
- Place: Statesboro, GA
- Airport: Statesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4394° N, 81.7751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Statesboro, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4394&lon=-81.7751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2253P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2253P-2024-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 278 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130119001119I

## Narrative

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

N2253P DEPARTED ATHENS/BEN EPPS AIRPORT(KAHN) ATHENS, GEORGIA ENROUTE TO STATESBORO - BULLOCH COUNTY AIRPORT(KTBR) STATESBORO, GEORGIA. THE PILOT STATED THAT ENTERING DOWNWIND AT KTBR , HE PERFORMED A GUMPP PROCEDURE (GAS , UNDERCARRIAGE , MIXTURE , PUMPS , PROPS CHECK AND 3 SECONDS OF FLAPS)   HE FURTHER STATED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH HE APPLIED FULL FLAPS AND PERFORMED ANOTHER GUMPP PROCEDURE, HOWEVER, ON TOUCHDOWN THE PROPELLERS STRUCK THE GROUND AND HE REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEING EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 32 WITH DAMAGE TO THE L/H & R/H PROPELLERS, 2" OF THE INBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF EACH FLAP AND DAMAGE TO THE CREW ENTRY STEP LOCATED ON THE R/H SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE JUST BEHIND THE RIGHT FLAP.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN RAISED, THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR NEXT TO THE FBO.

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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