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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Marathon, FL · May 14, 2014

Date: May 14, 2014 · 20:00 local
Place: Marathon, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N27FM
Reported as: Piper PA-23-250
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate

N27FMRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7654087 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

The aircraft skin evidence shows the gear was unlocked and in transit upon contact with the runway. The scrapes on the main gear doors indicate the main gear where in the gear wells during contact with the runway. The scrapes on the nose gear doors indicate the nose gear doors where fully open but the nose gear was in transit and not locked in the down position upon contact with the runway.

The onsite A&P mechanic indicated the gear down check, while the aircraft was craned in the air on the runway, was satisfactory with no significant issues with the landing gear extension or indicating system.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT SKIN EVIDENCE SHOWS THE GEAR WAS UNLOCKED AND IN TRANSIT UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE SCRAPES ON THE MAIN GEAR DOORS INDICATE THE MAIN GEAR WHERE IN THE GEAR WELLS DURING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE SCRAPES ON THE NOSE GEAR DOORS INDICATE THE NOSE GEAR DOORS WHERE FULLY OPEN BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT AND NOT LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

THE ONSITE A&P MECHANIC INDICATED THE GEAR DOWN CHECK, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRANED IN THE AIR ON THE RUNWAY, WAS SATISFACTORY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION OR INDICATING SYSTEM.

Other reports on N27FM · 2

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

Incident 20181029021119ILanding: Touchdown · Vieques, PRN27FM was flown from tjig to tjvq with the intent of practicing several touch-and-go landings at tjvq. After an uneventful first approach and landing, the PIC of N27FM remained in the left traffic pattern for runway 09 and attempted a second touch-and-go. On…Oct 29, 2018 · Minor damage Incident 19970402008599IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Greenville, TNNarrative: fuel pump (engine) gasket developed pressure leak. Fuel was pumped onto the turbocharge - flash fire occur - pilot shut down engine. Minor damage.Apr 2, 1997 · Minor damage