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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-160 · Daytona Beach, FL · June 26, 1985

Date
June 26, 1985 · 19:30 local
Place
Daytona Beach, FL
Airport
Spruce Creek
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5744W
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA85LA200
Reported as
Piper PA28160
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
48 total20 in this make and model5 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.

Pilot made a downwind landing on the nosewheel. Aircraft porpoised, resulting in a collapsed nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A DOWNWIND LANDING ON THE NOSEWHEEL. AIRCRAFT PORPOISED, RESULTING IN A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.