19880112023539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Coatsville, PA · January 12, 1988

Date
January 12, 1988 · 19:00 local
Place
Coatsville, PA
Airport
Chester County G O Carlson
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NESA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N289NE
Reported as
Lear 35A
Reported engine
Garrett TFE731*
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,400 total1,100 in this make and model180 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.

Almost landed gear up. Go around made as aircraft belly scraped the runway. Landed safely on second attempt.

As the FAA filed it

ALMOST LANDED GEAR UP. GO AROUND MADE AS AIRCRAFT BELLY SCRAPED THE RUNWAY. LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND ATTEMPT.