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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Rapid City, SD · August 28, 1978

Date
August 28, 1978 · 14:10 local
Place
Rapid City, SD
Airport
Regional
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9589G
Reported as
Cessna 182
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total35 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.

Approach was too fast. Aircraft ballooned and struck runway nose low.

As the FAA filed it

APPROACH WAS TOO FAST. AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND STRUCK RUNWAY NOSE LOW.