19880117059269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28 · Grand Prairie, TX · January 17, 1988

Date
January 17, 1988 · 15:45 local
Place
Grand Prairie, TX
Airport
Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5148W
Reported as
Piper PA28*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
80 total63 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.

After flare, aircraft stalled and fell to runway. Bounced twice and nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER FLARE, AIRCRAFT STALLED AND FELL TO RUNWAY. BOUNCED TWICE AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.