# Incident 19780922027319I: Piper PA30, Nashua, NH, September 22, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1978, 16:00 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7816Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7816Y-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,300 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/19780922027319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT REALIZE HAD HAD NOT LOWERED GEAR UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N7816Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19820905056219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820905056219I), Sep 5, 1982: Piper PA30 (N7816Y), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. Failed to use landing checklist. Landed gear up.

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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