# Incident 19811016083819I: Piper PA23250, Morgantown, WV, October 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1981, 12:50 local time
- Place: Morgantown, WV
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6375° N, 79.9469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgantown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6375&lon=-79.9469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62609, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62609-2024-04-25) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811016083819I

## Narrative

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

MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED 1500 FEET DOWN RUNWAY AFTER LANDING. ON INSPECTION NO MALFUNCTION COULD BE FOUND.

## Other reports on N62609 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910726043439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910726043439I), Jul 26, 1991: Piper PA23250 (N62609), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. While taxiing for takeoff, aircraft was struck by a construction truck. Truck was backing up.

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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