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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Rock Springs, WY · June 7, 1978

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Date
June 7, 1978 · 18:45 local
Place
Rock Springs, WY
Airport
Sweetwater Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1559J
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total700 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N1559JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-23963 · Built 1967Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Plane caught in downdraft on final,instructor could not salvage the landing. Landed short and hard.

As the FAA filed it

PLANE CAUGHT IN DOWNDRAFT ON FINAL,INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT SALVAGE THE LANDING. LANDED SHORT AND HARD.