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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Ridgeville, SC · December 19, 1981

Date: December 19, 1981
Place: Ridgeville, SC
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N333BK
Reported as: Piper PA32300
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N333BKRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2014 · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-73-40180 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Sheriff found aircraft in a small clearing. Landing gear ripped off. Law investigating for smuggling operations.

As the FAA filed it

SHERIFF FOUND AIRCRAFT IN A SMALL CLEARING. LANDING GEAR RIPPED OFF. LAW INVESTIGATING FOR SMUGGLING OPERATIONS.