# Incident 19850805075049I: Piper PA31, West Palm Beach, FL, August 5, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1985, 12:03 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7EA-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 7
- 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/19850805075049I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE MAIN GEAR INDICATION INBOUND.  TOUCH AND GO COMPLETED ON TAXIWAY INSTEAD OF ASSIGNED RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N7EA (1)

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

- [Accident 19860217012659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860217012659A), Feb 17, 1986: Piper PA31310 (N7EA), Moore Haven, FL, Destroyed. Burned wreckage and skeletal remains of pilot found. Other human skelton outside wreckage. Cannot identify remains.

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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