19791116055509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P210N · Ambler, PA · November 16, 1979

Date
November 16, 1979 · 17:30 local
Place
Ambler, PA
Airport
Wings
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7675K
Reported as
Cessna P210N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,714 total465 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.

While attempting a night landing with one side of runway lights out, gear struck VASI.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING A NIGHT LANDING WITH ONE SIDE OF RUNWAY LIGHTS OUT, GEAR STRUCK VASI.