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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Bridgeport, CT · February 8, 1980

Date
February 8, 1980 · 18:38 local
Place
Bridgeport, CT
Airport
Igor Sikorsky Mem
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4280R
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
685 total25 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.

On approach, aircraft hit a fence & lost right main wheel. Aircraft landed on runway & slid to a halt.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH, AIRCRAFT HIT A FENCE & LOST RIGHT MAIN WHEEL. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY & SLID TO A HALT.