19840311012509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-220T · Novato, CA · March 11, 1984

Date
March 11, 1984 · 17:30 local
Place
Novato, CA
Airport
Gnoss
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8439N
Reported as
Piper PA34220T
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
610 total6 in this make and model20 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.

Bounced 12 feet high on landing. Came down right wing low and porpoised. Damaged prop and blew a tire.

As the FAA filed it

BOUNCED 12 FEET HIGH ON LANDING. CAME DOWN RIGHT WING LOW AND PORPOISED. DAMAGED PROP AND BLEW A TIRE.