# Incident 19970523014809I: Piper PA23250, Gorham, NH, May 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Gorham, NH
- Airport: Gorham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3936° N, 71.1981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GORHAM (2G8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3936&lon=-71.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4700P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4700P-2016-09-08) (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: 4,300 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970523014809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1997, MR. JACOBS OPERATED PIPER PA-23-250, N4700P ON AVFR FLIGHT FROM BERLIN, NH (BML) TO GORHAM, NH (NH05). THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NOT A FACTOR. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE LANDING ROLL OUT AT GORHAM, NH. AS THE ARICRAFT SLOWED ON THE LANDING ROLL THE NOSE WHEEL ENTERED AN AREA OF SOFT TURF WHICH CAUSED IT TO DIG IN AND COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT HAD CALLED THE AIRPORT MANAGER AT GORHAM (NH05) PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RUNWAY WAS SAFE FOR OPERATIONS. NO ACTION IS PLANNED.

## Other reports on N4700P (1)

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

- [Incident 20130510006819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130510006819I), May 10, 2013: Piper PA-23-250 (N4700P), Providence, RI, Substantial damage. The boston flight standards district office (FSDO) received notice from the regional operations center that a Piper aztec, N4700P, had it nose gear collapse…

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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