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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA32* · Andros Island, Bahamas · December 4, 1980

Date
December 4, 1980 · 18:10 local
Place
Andros Island, Bahamas
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4234R
Reported as
Piper PA32*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total285 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 in muddy field after fuel exhaustion. Also hit tree.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING IN MUDDY FIELD AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION. ALSO HIT TREE.