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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32/ · Dayton Beach, FL · August 16, 1979

Date
August 16, 1979 · 11:02 local
Place
Dayton Beach, FL
Airport
Regional
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39553
Reported as
Piper PA32/
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
295 total203 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.

ATC advised pilot on final that gear was not down. Plane flared then went around. Prop tips curled.

As the FAA filed it

ATC ADVISED PILOT ON FINAL THAT GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. PLANE FLARED THEN WENT AROUND. PROP TIPS CURLED.