# Incident 19800103013889I: Piper PA31, Windsor Locks, CT, January 3, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1980, 07:24 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CPRX
- 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: N407CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N407CA-1990-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,389 total, 961 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/19800103013889I

## Narrative

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

GEAR POSITION LIGHTS SHOWED UNLOCKED POSITION RIGHT MAIN GEAR. INBOARD DOOR FORWARD HINGE PN46653-00 FAILED.

## Other reports on N407CA (2)

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

- [Incident 19810329029619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810329029619I), Mar 29, 1981: Piper PA31 (N407CA), Syracuse, NY, Minor damage. Aircraft struck runway light debris on runway during landing. Unknown how debris got on runway.
- [Incident 19781206022529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781206022529I), Dec 6, 1978: Piper PA31 (N407CA), Albany, NY. Propeller surged on final approach. Maintenance found prop dome pressure low & spark plugs fouled.

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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