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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 24B · Yuba, CA · September 17, 1978

Date
September 17, 1978 · 14:08 local
Place
Yuba, CA
Airport
Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5WJ
Reported as
Lear 24B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,640 total223 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.

Pilot overcorrected while flaring for landing. Wing tip drug runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OVERCORRECTED WHILE FLARING FOR LANDING. WING TIP DRUG RUNWAY.