20171111018489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · College Station, TX · November 11, 2017

Date
November 11, 2017 · 22:00 local
Place
College Station, TX
Phase of flight
Run-Up Area
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1344P
Reported as
Piper PA-23
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
23,990 total108 in this make and model67 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.

The pilot took off from easterwood field with the fuel selectors in the off position. After rotating and putting the gear in the up position, the engines quit and the pilot landed gear up on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM EASTERWOOD FIELD WITH THE FUEL SELECTORS IN THE OFF POSITION. AFTER ROTATING AND PUTTING THE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION, THE ENGINES QUIT AND THE PILOT LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY.