# Incident 19820506025019I: Piper PA28140, Portland, ME, May 6, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1982, 16:28 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6332° N, 70.1853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6332&lon=-70.1853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56775, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56775-2005-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820506025019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE POWER-ON APPROACH, CHOPPED POWER TO FLARE, BALLOONED. LANDED ON MAINS, HIT NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N56775 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040923027929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040923027929A), Sep 23, 2004: Piper PA28140 (N56775), Crane Island, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated he was landing at Crane Island, WA a 1500FT freshly mowed wet grass runway. He stated that after touchdown he experienced no braking action.…

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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