# Incident 19810225019689I: Piper PA31350, Mansfield, MA, February 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1981, 20:50 local time
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Airport: Mansfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AVCA
- Location: 42.0009° N, 71.1980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD MUNI (1B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0009&lon=-71.1980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3529A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3529A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,750 total, 100 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/19810225019689I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK SNOWBANK DURING TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS UPON ABORTION. NOSE GEAR BROKEN OFF.

## Other reports on N3529A (1)

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

- [Incident 19830704041289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830704041289I), Jul 4, 1983: Piper PA31350 (N3529A), Marthas Vineyar, MA, Minor damage. Nose tire went flat on landing. Lack of talcum powder caused the tube to become abraded. Nearly new tire and tube.

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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