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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Englewood, CO · May 20, 2014

Date
May 20, 2014 · 14:02 local
Place
Englewood, CO
Airport
Centennial
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13980
Reported as
Piper PA-23-250
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,037 total317 in this make and model227 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.

Approximately 1000' into take off roll the right hand gear collapsed, the aircraft abruptly veered to the right off of runway 17L, approximately 60 yards into the grass.

Aircraft received damage to the right wing tip fuel tank, r/h gear fairings, and r/h propeller.

As the FAA filed it

APPROXIMATELY 1000' INTO TAKE OFF ROLL THE RIGHT HAND GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT OFF OF RUNWAY 17L, APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS INTO THE GRASS.

AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP FUEL TANK, R/H GEAR FAIRINGS, AND R/H PROPELLER.