What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Severe turbulence en route. Leading edge ski buckled.
As the FAA filed it
SEVERE TURBULENCE EN ROUTE. LEADING EDGE SKI BUCKLED.
FAA incident report · Piper PA23250 · Wink, TX · January 30, 1978
- Date
- January 30, 1978 · 20:00 local
- Place
- Wink, TX
- Airport
- El Paso International
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N54241
- Reported as
- Piper PA23250
- People aboard
- 3
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 660 total384 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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