20220617010559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Oak Island, NC · June 17, 2022

Date
June 17, 2022 · 18:40 local
Place
Oak Island, NC
Airport
Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie F
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N17AK
Reported as
Piper PA-23-250
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,051 total176 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot was practicing landings. He diverted east so another aircraft could land. He then turned to approach runway 23. The aircraft then touched down gear up hitting both props and skid down the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS. HE DIVERTED EAST SO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT COULD LAND. HE THEN TURNED TO APPROACH RUNWAY 23. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TOUCHED DOWN GEAR UP HITTING BOTH PROPS AND SKID DOWN THE RUNWAY.