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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Bridgewater, VA · February 25, 1984

Date: February 25, 1984 · 11:10 local
Place: Bridgewater, VA
Airport: Airpark
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N738ZD
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,050 total100 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N738ZDRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17270358 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

Departed into known strong surface wind at destination. Wind was severe at time of arrival. Porpoised on landing.

As the FAA filed it

DEPARTED INTO KNOWN STRONG SURFACE WIND AT DESTINATION. WIND WAS SEVERE AT TIME OF ARRIVAL. PORPOISED ON LANDING.