# Accident 19821213069139A: Piper PA23250, Fall River, MA, December 13, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1982, 19:35 local time
- Place: Fall River, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7015° N, 71.1550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fall River, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7015&lon=-71.1550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62635, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62635-2013-10-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,854 total, 665 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821213069139A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED IN DEEP SNOW ON RUNWAY WHICH CAUSED NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. PILOT NOT ADVISED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC83LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA043), Dec 13, 1982: Piper PA-23-250 (N62635), Fall River, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N62635 (1)

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

- [Accident 20091021050529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091021050529A), Oct 21, 2009: Piper PA-23-250 (N62635), Summerville, SC, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On October 21, 2009, about 0624 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-23-250, N62635, was destroyed when it impacted trees and terrain immediately after takeoff…

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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