# Incident 19791126046029I: Piper PA23250, Boca Raton, FL, November 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3708° N, 80.1026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boca Raton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3708&lon=-80.1026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5076Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5076Y-2013-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 26 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/19791126046029I

## Narrative

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

DOOR CAME OPEN IN FLIGHT. PILOT PROBABLY RETRACTED GEAR INADVERTENTLY DURING ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N5076Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19800823057169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800823057169A), Aug 23, 1980: Piper PA23250 (N5076Y), Duncantown, Bahamas, Destroyed. Crashed into ocean. Wreckage or pilot not recovered. Reported to be illegal drugflight.

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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