# Incident 19780523039669I: Piper PA23250, Windsor Locks, CT, May 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1978, 03:53 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62656, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62656-2012-10-04) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 450 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/19780523039669I

## Narrative

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

WHEEL SEPARATED DURING TAXI FROM LANDING.

## Other reports on N62656 (2)

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

- [Incident 19860221007859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860221007859I), Feb 21, 1986: Piper PA23250 (N62656), Rochester, NY. Fuel leaking from left main tank noted in flight. Diverted and after landing properly installed fuel cap.
- [Accident 19800820037729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800820037729A), Aug 20, 1980: Piper PA23 (N62656), Hartford, CT, Substantial damage. Landed long downwind in heavy rain. Ran off departure end of runway.

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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