# Incident 19850112011749I: Piper J3L65, Newburyport, MA, January 12, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1985, 14:00 local time
- Place: Newburyport, MA
- Airport: Plumb Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8123° N, 70.8866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburyport, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8123&lon=-70.8866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40632, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40632) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3L-65 (registry code 7100546, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3l-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3L65
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 160 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850112011749I

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSED ON POSSIBLE HARD LANDING. METAL GAUGE DIFFERENT ON STRUTS. MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N40632 (2)

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

- [Incident 20100905053089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100905053089I), Sep 5, 2010: Piper J3L-65 (N40632), Culpeper, VA, Minor damage. IEA2720100022, ptrs EA27201004671 and EA27201004679 on September 5, 2010 at approximately 1100 EDT, N40632, a Piper J3L-65 was involved in a "ground loop"…
- [Incident 19840804067139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840804067139I), Aug 4, 1984: Piper J3L65 (N40632), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Ground looped on rollout, struck taxiway lights and stationary Cessna 150.

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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