36.0957° N, 79.4378° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Burlington, NC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 3, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place
Burlington, NC
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1488
Reported as
Cessna 320
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
475 total40 in this make and model15 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.
Pilot made hard landing damaging prop blades and both landing gear.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT MADE HARD LANDING DAMAGING PROP BLADES AND BOTH LANDING GEAR.