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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Padre Island, TX · February 2, 1987

Date: February 2, 1987 · 16:30 local
Place: Padre Island, TX
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7175P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 322 total6 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N7175PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2344 · Built 1960 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.

During attempted takeoff from a beach, the aircraft settled in soft sand. Propeller damage.

As the FAA filed it

DURING ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM A BEACH, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED IN SOFT SAND. PROPELLER DAMAGE.