# Incident 19830205017589I: Piper PA23250, Knoxville, TN, February 5, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1983, 01:30 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Ncghee Tyson
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9606° N, 83.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knoxville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9606&lon=-83.9207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8450Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8450Y-1994-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830205017589I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MISSED THE TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING. LEFT MAIN GEAR DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N8450Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19830516023019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830516023019A), May 16, 1983: Piper PA30 (N8450Y), Atlanta, GA, Substantial damage. Landing gear collapsed on the landing roll. No gear defects noted. Unable to substantiate gear retraction by pilot.

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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