19861208077559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185A · Wheelless, AL · December 8, 1986

Date
December 8, 1986 · 15:00 local
Place
Wheelless, AL
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4093Y
Reported as
Cessna 185A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total900 in this make and model10 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.

Airplane bounced on landing damaging propeller. Pilot reported sun caused a blinding effect which distracted him.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE BOUNCED ON LANDING DAMAGING PROPELLER. PILOT REPORTED SUN CAUSED A BLINDING EFFECT WHICH DISTRACTED HIM.