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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA34200 · Osage Beach, MO · March 28, 1979

Date
March 28, 1979 · 19:30 local
Place
Osage Beach, MO
Airport
Linn Creek
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2160N
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79FCG35
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
486 total20 in this make and model63 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; 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 leveled off too high on landing. Aircraft dropped in hard enough to cause substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LEVELED OFF TOO HIGH ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT DROPPED IN HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.