19880429021519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Las Vegas, NV · April 29, 1988

Date
April 29, 1988 · 02:23 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mc Carran International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DPFA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3526G
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total2,800 in this make and model100 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.

Landing light went out on final. Hit the runway while searching for circuit breaker. Impact with runway bent props.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING LIGHT WENT OUT ON FINAL. HIT THE RUNWAY WHILE SEARCHING FOR CIRCUIT BREAKER. IMPACT WITH RUNWAY BENT PROPS.