# Incident 20240729011729I: Piper PA-23-250, Liberty, TX, July 29, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2024, 08:30 local time
- Place: Liberty, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 3VCG
- Location: 30.0580° N, 94.7955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberty, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0580&lon=-94.7955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N203DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N203DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,005 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240729011729I

## Narrative

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

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 20150818012899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150818012899I), Aug 18, 2015: Piper PA-23-250 (N203DM), Ogden, UT, Minor damage. The 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.

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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