19821221069199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31T1 · Van Nuys, CA · December 21, 1982

Date
December 21, 1982 · 15:15 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
N2468Y
Reported as
Piper PA31T1
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total250 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.

Pilot heard props strike the runway as he flared to land, made a go-around. Both props curled back about 3 inches.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HEARD PROPS STRIKE THE RUNWAY AS HE FLARED TO LAND, MADE A GO-AROUND. BOTH PROPS CURLED BACK ABOUT 3 INCHES.