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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Reading, PA · August 15, 1979

Date
August 15, 1979 · 12:15 local
Place
Reading, PA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N26114
Reported as
Gulstm AA5A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
40 total40 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.

Aircraft porpoised and nose gear strut collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND NOSE GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED.