# Incident 19831211060459I: Piper PA23250, Loiza, Puerto Rico, December 11, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1983
- Place: Loiza, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4331° N, 65.8780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loíza, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4331&lon=-65.8780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62482, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62482-2014-11-12) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831211060459I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. LANDED ON A CROP DUSTING STRIP. MARIJUANA FOUND. CONFISCATED BY US CUSTOMS.

## Other reports on N62482 (2)

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

- [Incident 19790926049649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790926049649I), Sep 26, 1979: Piper PA23 (N62482), Little Rock, AR. Engine started to smoke during the landing roll. Pilot shut it down. A cylinder had cracked.
- [Accident 19790131001929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790131001929A), Jan 31, 1979: Piper PA23250 (N62482), Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control on night takeoff. Icy runway. Snow covered some of runway lights.

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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