# Accident 20190912014549A: Piper PA-23-250, Saint Thomas, VI, September 12, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2019, 04:20 local time
- Place: Saint Thomas, VI
- Airport: Cyril E. King Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3375° N, 64.9672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3375&lon=-64.9672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269KW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269KW-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,035 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190912014549A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXING. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. OPERATED UNDER PART 91. NIGHT, VM. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, HE "ADDED THROTTLE TO GET THE TEMPERATURES UP" WHILE ON BACK TAXI TO RUNWAY 10. HE CYCLED THE PROPELLER TWICE, PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK TO IDLE, HEARD AN IRREGULAR NOISE AND THEN FELT GROUND CONTACT. HE IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE MIXTURES TO BOTH ENGINES. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT "THE GEAR WAS SLOWLY COLLAPSING" WHILE HE WAS TAXIING, "WHICH COULD NOT BE RECOGNIZED IN THE DARK."

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA19LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA279), Sep 12, 2019: Piper PA23 (N269KW), Charlotte Amalie, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the left main landing gear for undetermined reasons.

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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