# Incident 19801023075759I: Piper PA28140, Taunton, MA, October 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Taunton, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9001° N, 71.0898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taunton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9001&lon=-71.0898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44513, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44513-2017-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 74 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/19801023075759I

## Narrative

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

ZD STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING, AIRCRAFT HIT ONE OF THE VASI STRUCTURES.

## Other reports on N44513 (2)

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

- [Incident 19810922070419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810922070419I), Sep 22, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N44513), South Weymouth, MA, Minor damage. During instruction flights stabilator controls locked aft of neutral during takeoff. Checked found no discrepancies
- [Incident 19780311016459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780311016459I), Mar 11, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N44513), North Kingston, RI, Minor damage. Student pilot lost twice on solo crosscountry flight. Found an airport, ran out of fuel on final.

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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