36.8529° N, 75.9780° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Virginia Beach, VA, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 23, 1980 · 08:30 local
Place
Virginia Beach, VA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7475Z
Reported as
Piper PA25235
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
423 total128 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.
Hard landing with loaded agricultural plane collapsed gear.
As the FAA filed it
HARD LANDING WITH LOADED AGRICULTURAL PLANE COLLAPSED GEAR.