19800927044289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Slinds 100ACMDR · Taft, CA · September 27, 1980

Date
September 27, 1980 · 10:20 local
Place
Taft, CA
Airport
Taft-Kern Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4172X
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FVA68
Reported as
Slinds 100ACMDR
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
332 total103 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft hit dust devil as it was about to touch down causing hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT DUST DEVIL AS IT WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN CAUSING HARD LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.