# Incident 19890124045329I: Piper PA23250, Vero Beach, FL, January 24, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1989, 16:50 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1440J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1440J-2014-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 63 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890124045329I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY AFTER LANDING. DOWN LOCK JAW AND SPRING ASSEMBLY RESTRICTED MOVEMENT.

## Other reports on N1440J (1)

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

- [Incident 19960627020419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960627020419I), Jun 27, 1996: Piper PA23250 (N1440J), Americus, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft landed gear up after a long straight-in visual approach.

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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