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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech J35 · Boca Raton, FL · March 7, 1983

Date
March 7, 1983 · 10:15 local
Place
Boca Raton, FL
Airport
Boca Raton
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7262B
Reported as
Beech J35
Reported engine
Continental IO470C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total1,500 in this make and model42 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.

Failed a timely recovery from a forward slip on short final. Right wing tip tank struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED A TIMELY RECOVERY FROM A FORWARD SLIP ON SHORT FINAL. RIGHT WING TIP TANK STRUCK THE GROUND.