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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airpts A9B · Stephen, MN · May 27, 1978

Date
May 27, 1978 · 18:00 local
Place
Stephen, MN
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7263V
Reported as
Airpts A9B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total225 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Spray pilot went over power lines, let down for spray run and bounced off ground. Left main gear bolt broken.

As the FAA filed it

SPRAY PILOT WENT OVER POWER LINES, LET DOWN FOR SPRAY RUN AND BOUNCED OFF GROUND. LEFT MAIN GEAR BOLT BROKEN.