What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Hard landing damaged prop and nose gear.
As the FAA filed it
HARD LANDING DAMAGED PROP AND NOSE GEAR.
FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5A · Northridge, CA · July 26, 1980
- Date
- July 26, 1980 · 10:56 local
- Place
- Northridge, CA
- Airport
- Van Nuys
- Phase of flight
- Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N9861U
- Reported as
- Gulstm AA5A
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 45 total40 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N9861URegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5AAirframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5AEngine 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.