# Incident 20230119005179I: Piper PA-24-260, Okeechobee, FL, January 19, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2023, 12:40 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2416° N, 80.8293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Okeechobee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2416&lon=-80.8293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9237P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9237P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (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-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230119005179I

## Narrative

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

OKEECHOBEE, FL (OBE): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA-24-260, EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 23.

AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM THE RUNWAY. NO ON FIELD FACILITY TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE.  REASON: UNKNOWN; POB: 2; INJURIES: NONE; DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 01/19/2023 1740Z (12:40EST)

PILOT STATEMENT DEPARTED HOME BASE, WITHAM FIELD (SUA), TO DO SOME TOUCH N’ GO LANDINGS AT OKEECHOBEE (OBE).  AFTER ABOUT 7 LANDINGS THE GEAR DOWN WAS PUT DOWN MIDFIELD, LANDED ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND FELT THE GEAR COLLAPSE.  THE PILOT THEN NOTICED THE PROP HITTING THE GROUND AND THE PLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE PLANE STOPPED AT APPROXIMATELY 2000’ FROM THE THRESHOLD COMING TO REST ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. A PASSENGER, A PRIVATE PILOT, NOTICED 3 GREEN LIGHTS ON FINAL APPROACH, AND ALSO FELT THE MAIN GEAR FIRST CONTACT THE RUNWAY. THEY BOTH STATED THAT THE MAIN GEAR SEEMED TO COLLAPSE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN SHORTLY AFTER THE MAINS, THE LANDING WAS NORMAL BEFORE THE COLLAPSE, AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT BOUNCE.

UNABLE TO DETERMAN CAUSE OF GEAR UP LANDING.  EXAMININATION OF  LANDING GEAR AND INDICATION SYSTEMS FOR MALFUCTION WAS NOT MADE AVAIABLE.  PASSENGER STATED 3 GREEN LIGHTS PRIOR TO LANDING.  LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS CONSIST OF 1-GREEN 1-AMBER 1-WHITE. ALL 3 LANDING GEAR CABLE ENDS WERE BENT SHOWING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED.  REASON UNKOWN.

## Other reports on N9237P (1)

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

- [Accident 20091003050079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091003050079A), Oct 3, 2009: Piper PA-24-260 (N9237P), Highgate, VT, Substantial damage. Pilot miscalculated amount of remaining fuel in left main tank and assumed sufficient fuel remained for a 10 minute flight. During takeoff aircraft climbed to…

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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