# Incident 20251227021379I: Piper PA-23-250, Punta Gorda, FL, December 27, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2025, 12:34 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Punta Gorda Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.9186° N, 81.9909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUNTA GORDA (PGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9186&lon=-81.9909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27CY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27CY) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,579 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251227021379I

## Narrative

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

TOWER WAS ADVISED OF A POSSIBLE PROP STRIKE BY INCIDENT AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN IN WHAT APPENRCD TO BE NORMAL LANDING CONFIGURATION ON SHORT FINAL BUT THEN WENT AROUND ON THE FIRST PASS UNEXPECTEDLY A LITTLE AFTER NORMAL TOUCH DOWN AREA. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO LAND AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. PILOT STATES THAT COMING TO LAND AND WHILE ON THE FLARE HE WAS HIT BY AN UPDRAFT,BY THE TIME HE ADDED POWER HIS SPEED ALREADY DECAYED AND THE AIRPLANE HIT THE PAVEMENT PRETTY HARD.

HE WAS ABLE TO GO AROUND AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

AFTER PARKING AT THE RAMP ONCE HE DID A WALK AROUND HE REALIZED HIS PROPELLERS STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. HE IMMEDIATELY MADE SOME PHONE CALLS TRYING TO LOCATE A MECHANIC WHO COULD INSPECT THE AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N27CY (1)

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

- [Incident 19811114081769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811114081769I), Nov 14, 1981: Piper PA23 (N27CY), Savannah, GA, Minor damage. After landing, reracted gear instead of flaps. Main gear retracted on run.

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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