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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Palm Beach, FL · October 7, 1979

Date: October 7, 1979 · 16:15 local
Place: Palm Beach, FL
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N80483
Reported as: Cessna 172M
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 112 total17 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N80483Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17266611 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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 lost control just before touchdown due to turbulence. Finally landed on taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN DUE TO TURBULENCE. FINALLY LANDED ON TAXIWAY.