# Incident 20180826012349I: Piper PA-23-250, Detroit Lakes, MN, August 26, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2018, 12:30 local time
- Place: Detroit Lakes, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8076° N, 95.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit Lakes, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8076&lon=-95.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14AL-2020-10-28) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180826012349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT ON TAKEOFF ROLL, JUST BEFORE ROTATION, HE FELT THE RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE. HE PULLED UP, AIRCRAFT LEFT THE SURFACE AND VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT. BEFORE HE COULD REACT, THE RIGHT HAND PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE RUNWAY AND THE REMAINING TWO LANDING GEAR COLAPSED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER BOTH CONFIRMED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS LEFT IN THE DOWN POSITION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT.

## Other reports on N14AL (1)

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

- [Incident 19910503032409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910503032409I), May 3, 1991: Piper PA23250 (N14AL), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. Landed gear up after the pilot aborted the takeoff on runway 05R.

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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