19780116003299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Meriden, CT · January 16, 1978

Date: January 16, 1978 · 15:40 local
Place: Meriden, CT
Airport: Markham
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N14344
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,400 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N14344Registration cancelled Apr 11, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7304925 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Nose gear collapsed after landing. Ice and slush throughout wheel well area probable contributing cause.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING. ICE AND SLUSH THROUGHOUT WHEEL WELL AREA PROBABLE CONTRIBUTING CAUSE.