19800321033619I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200 · Scottsdale, AZ · March 21, 1980

Date: March 21, 1980 · 21:00 local
Place: Scottsdale, AZ
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N33724
Reported as: Piper PA34200
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total25 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N33724Registered now · Piper PA-34-200TS/N 34-7570153 Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200T Engine modelContinental TSIO-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.

Landed short of runway when student unexpectedly and quickly closed throttle.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY WHEN STUDENT UNEXPECTEDLY AND QUICKLY CLOSED THROTTLE.