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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32* · Jonesboro, GA · May 31, 1978

Date
May 31, 1978 · 22:30 local
Place
Jonesboro, GA
Airport
South Expressway
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3576W
Reported as
Piper PA32*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total15 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.

Flared 5 feet above runway, stalled and wheel half broke on contacting runway.

As the FAA filed it

FLARED 5 FEET ABOVE RUNWAY, STALLED AND WHEEL HALF BROKE ON CONTACTING RUNWAY.