What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot made hard landing, sheared off part of landing gear.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MADE HARD LANDING, SHEARED OFF PART OF LANDING GEAR.
FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Ronkonkoma, NY · March 16, 1980
- Date
- March 16, 1980 · 15:40 local
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport
- Islip Macarthur
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N4163F
- Reported as
- Piper PA28140
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 36 total30 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N4163FRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.