# Incident 19790704018449I: Piper PA31350, Bedford, MA, July 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Hanscom
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N66920, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66920-1994-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 350 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/19790704018449I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN COULDNOT BE EXTENDED. GEAR UP LOCK WOULD NOT RELEASE

## Other reports on N66920 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820203001689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820203001689I), Feb 3, 1982: Piper PA31350 (N66920), Philadelphia, PA. Flight diverted when turbocharger LW12463 failed and connecting exhaust pipe split at the "y".

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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