33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 17, 1981 · 19:53 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Hartlell
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1534X
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total1,400 in this make and model50 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.
Elected to clear runway for landing aircraft. Rough ground damaged aircraft. Tower had asked expedite clearing.
As the FAA filed it
ELECTED TO CLEAR RUNWAY FOR LANDING AIRCRAFT. ROUGH GROUND DAMAGED AIRCRAFT. TOWER HAD ASKED EXPEDITE CLEARING.