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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200T · El Paso, TX · December 20, 1983

Date
December 20, 1983 · 15:30 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31984
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
218 total61 in this make and model61 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.

A gust of wind picked up the nose of the aircraft causing a porpoise on the runway. Damaged nose gear, right prop.

As the FAA filed it

A GUST OF WIND PICKED UP THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING A PORPOISE ON THE RUNWAY. DAMAGED NOSE GEAR, RIGHT PROP.