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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Caldwell, NJ · April 30, 1988

Date
April 30, 1988 · 12:15 local
Place
Caldwell, NJ
Airport
Essex County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N19880
Reported as
Cessna 177B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
65 total6 in this make and model20 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.

Newly certificated pilot bounced and porpoised on landing. Made a go around and landed. Prop had hit the runway.

As the FAA filed it

NEWLY CERTIFICATED PILOT BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING. MADE A GO AROUND AND LANDED. PROP HAD HIT THE RUNWAY.