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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28 · Foley, AL · September 6, 1985

Date: September 6, 1985 · 14:30 local
Place: Foley, AL
Airport: Foley
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N101PH
Reported as: Piper PA28*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 460 total60 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N101PHRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2013 · Piper PA-28S/N 28-101 · Built 1961 Airframe modelPiper PA-28 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.

Touched down in a crab and lost directional control of aircraft. Damage to nose gear. ELT out of date.

As the FAA filed it

TOUCHED DOWN IN A CRAB AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR. ELT OUT OF DATE.