# Incident 19870414044339I: Piper PA34220T, Roswell, NM, April 14, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1987, 19:42 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Roswell Industrial Air Center
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GZYA
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80311, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80311-2016-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34220T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,145 total, 420 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870414044339I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ROTATED EARLY, GEAR RETRACTED AND SETTLED BACK TO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N80311 (1)

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

- [Accident 20110205001949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110205001949A), Feb 5, 2011: Piper PA-34-220T (N80311), New Orleans, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot flying from austin TX. To bogalusa la. Landing in bogalusa pilot reported he was hit by a gust of wind, aircraft lifed up and than dropped down hard.…

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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