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FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Williston, ND · June 14, 2026

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Date
June 14, 2026 · 12:10 local
Place
Williston, ND
Airport
Williston Basin International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2562M
Reported as
Piper PA-23-250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,144 total519 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days
N2562MRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7954078 · Built 1979Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot landed at Williston airport and reported that the landing gear collapsed after landing just before he tried to turn off the runway. The landing gear was still in the uplocked position in the post incident pictures provided to the FAA. The video footage provided by the Williston airport does not appear to show any collapse to back up the pilot's claim. The video appears to show the plane sliding down the runway. Post accident tests were done with the aircraft at the maintenance shop in Williston and the landing gear and warning horn functioned normally with no anomalies.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED AT WILLISTON AIRPORT AND REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING JUST BEFORE HE TRIED TO TURN OFF THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL IN THE UPLOCKED POSITION IN THE POST INCIDENT PICTURES PROVIDED TO THE FAA. THE VIDEO FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY THE WILLISTON AIRPORT DOES NOT APPEAR TO SHOW ANY COLLAPSE TO BACK UP THE PILOT'S CLAIM. THE VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW THE PLANE SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY. POST ACCIDENT TESTS WERE DONE WITH THE AIRCRAFT AT THE MAINTENANCE SHOP IN WILLISTON AND THE LANDING GEAR AND WARNING HORN FUNCTIONED NORMALLY WITH NO ANOMALIES.