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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Liberty, TX · July 29, 2024

Date: July 29, 2024 · 08:30 local
Place: Liberty, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: 3VCG
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N203DM
Reported as: Piper PA-23-250
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,005 total

N203DMRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-3461 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On 07/29/2024 @ 08:30 local time. A 1966 Piper PA-23-250 twin engine airplane landed on an asphault runway, displaying evidence that the landing gear was up. The aircraft suffered minor damage to the underside of the fuselage. Both left and right-side propellers suffered damage to all of the tips where they struck the pavement. Neither of the two occupants sustained any injuries.

As the FAA filed it

ON 07/29/2024 @ 08:30 LOCAL TIME. A 1966 PIPER PA-23-250 TWIN ENGINE AIRPLANE LANDED ON AN ASPHAULT RUNWAY, DISPLAYING EVIDENCE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT-SIDE PROPELLERS SUFFERED DAMAGE TO ALL OF THE TIPS WHERE THEY STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. NEITHER OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES.

Other reports on N203DM · 1

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

Incident 20150818012899ILanding: Approach · Ogden, UTThe landing gear could not be extended. The emergency system did not work. The pilot set up to land with the gear up. Minor damage to the aircraft.Aug 18, 2015 · Minor damage