# Incident 19890428034649I: Piper PA23250, Norwood, MA, April 28, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1989, 13:30 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Norwood Memorial Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1905° N, 71.1729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORWOOD MEML (OWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1905&lon=-71.1729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6140Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6140Y) (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
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890428034649I

## Narrative

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

GEAR NOT DOWN. ADVISED BY TOWER TO GO AROUND. LANDED SAFELY. LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N6140Y (2)

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

- [Incident 19881222068059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881222068059I), Dec 22, 1988: Piper PA23250 (N6140Y), Norwood, MA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Had safe indication. Gear down lock loose. Gear lock would return to neutral.
- [Incident 19800808082249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800808082249I), Aug 8, 1980: Piper PA23250 (N6140Y), Edgartown, MA, Minor damage. Pilot raised gear for a 360 to resequence. Forgot to lower it, landed with the horn blowing.

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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