19791120044519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5B · Ft Atkinson, WI · November 20, 1979

Date: November 20, 1979 · 11:30 local
Place: Ft Atkinson, WI
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4520N
Reported as: Gulstm AA5B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 300 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4520NRegistered now · Gulfstream American AA-5BS/N AA5B1063 · Built 1979 Airframe modelGulfstream American AA-5B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Shortly after touchdown nose gear collapsed. No evidence of preimpact failure. Probably due to hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT FAILURE. PROBABLY DUE TO HARD LANDING.