# Incident 19820105000059I: Piper PA23250, Buffalo, NY, January 5, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1982, 00:00 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2437M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2437M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820105000059I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. NOSE GEAR JAMMED BY PACKED SAND.LIGHTS NORMAL.GEAR HORN INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N2437M (2)

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

- [Incident 19801126083999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801126083999I), Nov 26, 1980: Piper PA23250 (N2437M), Fitchburg, MA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear for landing.
- [Incident 19800214021239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800214021239I), Feb 14, 1980: Piper PA23250 (N2437M), Flushing, NY, Minor damage. Aircraft hit runway light with propeller as it turned onto taxiway.

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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