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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Laredo, TX · August 5, 1987

Date: August 5, 1987 · 08:20 local
Place: Laredo, TX
Airport: Laredo International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N70182
Reported as: Piper J3C65
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,300 total300 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

N70182Registration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Piper J3C-65S/N 17167 · Built 1946 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental C85 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.

Landing gear failed on landing. Found deterioration of landing gear tubing.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING GEAR FAILED ON LANDING. FOUND DETERIORATION OF LANDING GEAR TUBING.