# Incident 20210630011609I: Piper PA-23-250, Kona, HI, June 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2021, 06:45 local time
- Place: Kona, HI
- Airport: Kona International At Keahole
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.6452° N, 155.9979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kailua, HI, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.6452&lon=-155.9979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1715Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1715Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,111 total, 617 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210630011609I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 30, 2021 AROUND 0845 HST THE HNL FSDO WAS NOTIFIED BY ROC , THERE WAS A PA23 TYPE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT THE ELLISON ONIZUKA KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT KEAHOLE.  ROC ADVISED THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 0645 HST.  A PA-23-250, PIPER AZTEC WAS PARKED WITH ENGINES RUNNING  WHEN THE PILOT REACHED BEHIND TO GRAB HIS COMPUTED MONITOR LOCATED IN THE REAR SEATS AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD AND IMPACTED A FALCON 900.  THE PILOT (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WAS UNSURE IF HE SET THE PARKING BRAKE.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE PILOT SECURED THE ENGINES, AIRCRAFT, AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PA23-250 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, NOSE, FUSELAGE, AND ENGINE NACELLES.  THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS PREPARING FOR A LOCAL AERIAL SURVEY FLIGHT.  THERE WERE NO KNOWN INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

TASK ID:  T-WP13-FY21-0489

ACTIVITY 1712:  WP13202200064

ACTIVITY 1733:  WP13202200065

## Other reports on N1715Y (2)

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

- [Incident 20241017018539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017018539I), Oct 17, 2024: Piper PA-23-250 (N1715Y), Kona, HI, Minor damage. Aircraft approached from the north to land on runway 17. After touchdown during rollout, nose gear collapsed. No adverse gear indications prior to event.
- [Incident 20150904017179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150904017179I), Sep 4, 2015: Piper PA-23-250 (N1715Y), Cat Cay, BH, Minor damage. On 09/04/2015, pilot [privacy data omitted] advised pbi upon arrival of a possible gear problem and requested a tower flyby to verify gear ok. Landing was…

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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