19830130005579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-135 · Tyus, GA · January 30, 1983

Date
January 30, 1983 · 15:05 local
Place
Tyus, GA
Airport
Ivy Bluff
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1198
Reported as
Piper PA18135
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17 total17 in this make and model12 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.

Solo student made hard landing. Broke main gear bungee cord. Right main gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

SOLO STUDENT MADE HARD LANDING. BROKE MAIN GEAR BUNGEE CORD. RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.