# Incident 19840531035169I: Piper PA23250, Collegeville, PA, May 31, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1984, 19:10 local time
- Place: Collegeville, PA
- Airport: Perkiomen Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2040° N, 75.4303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Perkiomen Valley Airport (32PA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2040&lon=-75.4303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40504, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40504-2015-05-08) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,623 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840531035169I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP AFTER BEING FORCED TO GOAROUND DUE TO TRAFFIC.

## Other reports on N40504 (2)

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

- [Accident 20050818022529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050818022529A), Aug 18, 2005: Piper PA23250 (N40504), Smoketown, PA, Destroyed. (-23) The aircraft departed runway 28 at Smoketown Airport. At approximately 100' AGL the aircraft lost power. The CFI [privacy data omitted] took the controls…
- [Incident 19900728045609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900728045609I), Jul 28, 1990: Piper PA23250 (N40504), Teterboro, NJ. Cockpit door opened after departure. Returned. Landed without incident.

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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