# Incident 19780302014119I: Piper PA32R300, Bedford, MA, March 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1978, 19:32 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hascom
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4906° N, 71.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4906&lon=-71.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4945F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4945F-1991-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 325 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/19780302014119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON AN ICY TAXIWAY. SLID INTO A SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N4945F (3)

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

- [Accident 19891114045249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891114045249A), Nov 14, 1989: Piper PA32R300 (N4945F), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Destroyed. Engine lost power on ILS approach in dense fog at night. Crashed into trees.
- [Incident 19811204086471I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811204086471I), Dec 4, 1981: Piper PA32R300 (N4945F), Greenville, ME, Minor damage. On landing roll with gear down and locked, nose gear down lock hook broke and nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19790804030949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804030949I), Aug 4, 1979: Piper PA32R300 (N4945F), Norwood, MA, Minor damage. During takeoff roll pilot noticed he had no airspeed indication. Dirt in static system. Overran runway end.

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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