# Incident 20130721012899I: Piper PA-23-250, Reno, NV, July 21, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2013, 18:15 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4991° N, 119.7681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/TAHOE INTL (RNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4991&lon=-119.7681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441RV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N441RV-2017-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,713 total, 434 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130721012899I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED IT WAS A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 25; HE HAD LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND VERIFYING HE HAD THREE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS. DURING THE TOUCH DOWN THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST AS HE LOWERED THE NOSE WHEEL IT TOUCH AND THEN FELT LIKE THE GEAR COLLAPSED, HE THEN HEARD THE PROPELLERS STARTING TO HIT THE GROUND AND IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES.

A RENO TOWER OPERATOR WAS WATCHING THE APPROACH AND LANDING THROUGH BINOCULARS AND VERIFIED THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN PRIOR TO THE TOUCHED DOWN AND SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSE.

NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT THE ONLY OCCUPANT.

VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS MINOR, FLAPS, CABIN ENTRANCE STEP AND PROPELLERS.

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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