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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 23BEECH · Tonopah, NV · April 13, 1987

Date
April 13, 1987 · 11:18 local
Place
Tonopah, NV
Airport
Tonopah
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2399Q
Reported as
Beech 23BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
50 total40 in this make and model13 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 porpoised on landing. Solo student lost directional control. Aircraft departed runway. Nose gear collapsed

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON LANDING. SOLO STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED