# Incident 19850413017239I: Piper PA28R200, Bedford, MA, April 13, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1985, 16:33 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Lawrence G Hansco
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4906° N, 71.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4906&lon=-71.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5041T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5041T-2005-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 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/19850413017239I

## Narrative

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

WHILE EXITING RUNWAY AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY LIGHT WITH NOSE WHEEL. PILOT HAD FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID LIGHT.

## Other reports on N5041T (1)

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

- [Accident 20031122030159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031122030159A), Nov 22, 2003: Piper PA28R200 (N5041T), Columbia, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was enroute from westove afb, mass, to aiken airport, aiken, SC, when he noticed fuel gauges were on empty. Pilot requested radar vectors from cae…

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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