FAA incident report · Piper PA34200T · Killeen, TX · July 2, 1981
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot flared too high on landing. Hard landing broke nose gear mounting and nose fiberglass section.
PILOT FLARED TOO HIGH ON LANDING. HARD LANDING BROKE NOSE GEAR MOUNTING AND NOSE FIBERGLASS SECTION.