# Incident 20151026018659I: Piper PA-23-250, Latham, NY, October 26, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2015, 07:50 local time
- Place: Latham, NY
- Airport: Albany International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6943A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6943A) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,242 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151026018659I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N6943A (PA23-250 AZTEC) REPORTS PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 01 AT ALB THAT HE HAD A 3 GREEN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. UPON LANDING ROLLOUT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEN SHUT THE RIGHT ENGINE DOWN TO PREEMPT A PROP STRIKE. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR THEN COLLAPSED BACK TOWARDS THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING RESULTING IN RIGHT FLAP DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6943A (1)

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

- [Incident 20110409006669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110409006669I), Apr 9, 2011: Piper PA-23-250 (N6943A), Toms River, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot stated landing gear was down and he had three green lights on, indicating landing gear was down & locked prior to landing on runway 6 at kmjx. After nose…

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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