# Accident 19780810035169A: Piper PA23, Bedford, MA, August 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1978
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N40276, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40276-2017-10-06) (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 PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,486 total, 1,010 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780810035169A

## Narrative

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

RT WING LEADING EDGE SKIN TORN FREE.NOSE RIBS DMGD,DROOPING DOWNW& SEPTD FROM ATTACHMENTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC78FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA077), Aug 10, 1978: Piper PA-23 (N40276), Bedford, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N40276 (1)

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

- [Incident 20071102829509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071102829509I), Nov 2, 2007: Piper PA23250 (N40276), Hickory, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Instructional flight conducting pattern work runway 06. Student heard scraping noise on landing and initiated a go-around. The nose of the aircraft…

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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