19810520043269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech C23 · Van Nuys, CA · May 20, 1981

Date
May 20, 1981 · 11:15 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6637V
Reported as
Beech C23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
102 total25 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.

Student pilot allowed aircraft to porpoise during landing, lost control, minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE DURING LANDING, LOST CONTROL, MINOR DAMAGE.