N17278

Piper PA-23-160 · built 1959

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on February 18, 1948.

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • June 29, 1986Accident

    THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING SINGLE ENGINE PROCEDURES AND HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. ANOTHER PLT ALERTED HIM ON THE RADIO AND HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR BUT LANDED WITH THE GEAR ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE PLT STATED THAT HE CHOSE TO LAND ON THE TAXIWAY AND COLLIDED WITH THREE UNOCCUPIED PARKED ACFT.

    Piper PA-23-160