19860627055189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech E18S · Port Huron, MI · June 27, 1986

Date
June 27, 1986 · 16:10 local
Place
Port Huron, MI
Airport
St Clair Co International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DJZA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5653D
Reported as
Beech E18S
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,156 total357 in this make and model58 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.

Aircraft landed hard with tail wheel damage. Suspect a wind shear due to dense trees lining runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD WITH TAIL WHEEL DAMAGE. SUSPECT A WIND SHEAR DUE TO DENSE TREES LINING RUNWAY.