# NTSB CEN17WA299: Piper PA23, West Sussex, United Kingdom, June 30, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 30, 2017, 15:42 local (15:42 UTC)
- Place: West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: UK AAIB
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95716
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA299
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95716/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA299

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 30, 2017, at 1542 hours universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-23-250, United Kingdom registration G-BCCE, experienced a landing gear system failure while landing at the Shoreham Airport, West Sussex, United Kingdom. The two occupants on-board were not injured. The flight departed Bournemouth Airport (EGHH), with an intended destination of Shoreham Airport (EGKA).The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). This report is for informational purposes and contains information released by or obtained from the government of the United Kingdom. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Tel: +44(0) 1252 510300 Website: http://www.aaib.gov.uk Email: enquiries@aaib.gov.uk

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-BCCE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23 (250)
- Category: Airplane
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: GKA, Shoreham Airport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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