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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm 690A · Palo Alto, CA · March 20, 1988

Date
March 20, 1988 · 14:18 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto Airport-Santa Clara Cou
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N690LP
Reported as
Gulstm 690A
Reported engine
Garrett TPE3315
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total89 in this make and model30 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.

Pilot struck a kite that was being flown by a 9 year old girl in his flight path on final approach.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STRUCK A KITE THAT WAS BEING FLOWN BY A 9 YEAR OLD GIRL IN HIS FLIGHT PATH ON FINAL APPROACH.

Other reports on N690LP · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.