# Incident 19800128019799I: Piper PA23250, East Boston, MA, January 28, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1980, 10:05 local time
- Place: East Boston, MA
- Airport: Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.3751° N, 71.0392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3751&lon=-71.0392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7711M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7711M) (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 PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 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/19800128019799I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. DOWN LOCK INOPERATIVE BECAUSE OF DIRT IN THE MECHANISM.

## Other reports on N7711M (1)

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

- [Incident 19921114050119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921114050119I), Nov 14, 1992: Piper PAE23250 (N7711M), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Pilot reported unable to lower landing gear. Landed ger up. Feathered props before landing.

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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