# Incident 20010328004379I: Yaklev YAK52, Taunton, MA, March 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Taunton, MA
- Airport: Taunton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9001° N, 71.0898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taunton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9001&lon=-71.0898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52YB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52YB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: S C Aerostar S A YAK-52 (registry code 1140000, https://openairdocs.org/model/s-c-aerostar-s-a-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010328004379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS FLYING A YAK-52, N52YB, STATED THAT SHE PUT THE GEAR DOWN ON DOWN WIND ABEAM OF RUNWAY 30 AT TAUNTON AIRPORT. OF FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30, AS THE A/C WAS TOUCHING DOWN THE PILOT WAS ALERTED ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER BUT THE A/C ALREADY TOUCHED DOWN. THE PILOT REALIZING THAT THE A/C WAS ON THE GROUND RETRACTED THE POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE A/C SLID FOR 1,300 FEET AND CAME TO REST IN THE SOD AREA PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. THE A/C RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N52YB (2)

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

- [Incident 20070314004799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070314004799I), Mar 14, 2007: Yaklev YAK52 (N52YB), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. (-23) On March 14, 2007, at 0958 eastern daylight time, a YAK-52, N52YB, received minor damage when the aircraft landed on runway 14 without the landing gear…
- [Incident 20011015029499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011015029499I), Oct 15, 2001: Yaklev YAK52 (N52YB), Taunton, MA, Minor damage. (-23) When the aircraft landed on runway 30 at Taunton airport it came to rest with nose gear folded back and not in the uplock. The main gear were both folded…

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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