# Incident 19961111042049I: Piper PA23250, Mansfield, OH, November 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1996, 07:40 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8214° N, 82.5166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL (MFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8214&lon=-82.5166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63853, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63853-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961111042049I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING. NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES. POSSIBLE GEAR MISMANAGEMENT.

## Other reports on N63853 (1)

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

- [Incident 20011229035969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011229035969I), Dec 29, 2001: Piper PA23250 (N63853), Cheyenne, WY, Minor damage. (-23) Persons and aircraft involved unavailable for interview to this date. Investigation continues to determine the part that failed causing the landing gear…

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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