# Incident 19810316029399I: Piper PA23250, Sebastian, FL, March 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7792° N, 80.4827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sebastian, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7792&lon=-80.4827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62757, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62757) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 250 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/19810316029399I

## Narrative

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

DURING TRAINING FLIGHT LANDED WHEELS UP.

## Other reports on N62757 (1)

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

- [Incident 20010804024439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010804024439I), Aug 4, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N62757), Knoxville, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Just after lift-off and gear retraction, sparks and smoke came out of the right side of the instrument panel. Pilot was pre-occupied with this problem…

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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