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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing A75 · Spokane, WA · June 20, 1982

Date: June 20, 1982 · 08:19 local
Place: Spokane, WA
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N55346
Reported as: Boeing A75
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R985*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,300 total15 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N55346Registered now · Boeing A75S/N 75-3737 · Built 1942 Airframe modelBoeing A75 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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.

Leveled off too high, bounced, lost control and ground looped on landing. Destroyed a VASI light.

As the FAA filed it

LEVELED OFF TOO HIGH, BOUNCED, LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING. DESTROYED A VASI LIGHT.