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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing A75N1 · Van Nuys, CA · September 2, 1985

Date: September 2, 1985 · 16:00 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3946
Reported as: Boeing A75N1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total300 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N3946Registered now · Boeing A75N1(PT17)S/N 75-1910 · Built 1942 Airframe modelBoeing A75N1(PT17)Engine modelContinental W670 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.

Aircraft dropped rapidly on final due to turbulence and impacted runway end light.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DROPPED RAPIDLY ON FINAL DUE TO TURBULENCE AND IMPACTED RUNWAY END LIGHT.