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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA46-500TP · Auburn, AL · February 27, 2025

Date
February 27, 2025 · 11:20 local
Place
Auburn, AL
Airport
Auburn University Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2519F
Reported as
Piper PA46-500TP
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total

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.

Upon preparing to land at Auburn (aub) the pilot had an unsafe landing gear indication. Pilot did a low pass and observers advised the pilot that the gear appeared to be down. Upon landing, the left main gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

UPON PREPARING TO LAND AT AUBURN (AUB) THE PILOT HAD AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. PILOT DID A LOW PASS AND OBSERVERS ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. UPON LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.