19791029053549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Big Rapids, MI · October 29, 1979

Date: October 29, 1979 · 17:30 local
Place: Big Rapids, MI
Airport: Roben Hood
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N479FL
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 70 total35 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N479FLRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7125285 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 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 porpoised, tried to force the landing, bent the prop tips.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PORPOISED, TRIED TO FORCE THE LANDING, BENT THE PROP TIPS.