# Incident 19811220087599I: Piper PA24250, Tewksbury, MA, December 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tewksbury, MA
- Airport: Tew Mac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5975° N, 71.2046° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEW MAC (80MA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5975&lon=-71.2046&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5570P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5570P-2018-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,773 total, 800 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811220087599I

## Narrative

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

CLAIMED TALKATIVE PASSENGE CAUSED FAILURE TO LOWER LANDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N5570P (1)

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

- [Accident 19750624016609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750624016609A), Jun 24, 1975: Piper PA24250 (N5570P), Tewksbury, MA, Substantial damage. Planning IFR flight entering pattern missed gr dwn on ck list.

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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