What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot lost directional control after a hard landing.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER A HARD LANDING.
FAA incident report · Gulstm AA5 · Ames, IA · October 20, 1978
- Date
- October 20, 1978 · 23:00 local
- Place
- Ames, IA
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N74434
- Reported as
- Gulstm AA5
- People aboard
- 3
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 60 total8 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N74434Registered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5BAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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.