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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rkwell 114 · Yakima, WA · September 15, 1979

Date
September 15, 1979 · 10:57 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4822W
Reported as
Rkwell 114
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total75 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 touched down nose wheel first, porpoised. Damaged nose gear and prop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE WHEEL FIRST, PORPOISED. DAMAGED NOSE GEAR AND PROP.