# Incident 19780227000189I: Piper PA23250, Port Moller, AK, February 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1978, 19:00 local time
- Place: Port Moller, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 55.9886° N, 160.5769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Moller, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.9886&lon=-160.5769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6222Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6222Y-2012-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,840 total, 46 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780227000189I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N6222Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19800929071719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800929071719I), Sep 29, 1980: Piper PA23250 (N6222Y), Belle Glade, FL, Minor damage. Wing struck sugar cane during landing damaging leading edge. Suspected drug operation.

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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