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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P206 · Franklinville, NJ · May 9, 1988

Date
May 9, 1988 · 14:20 local
Place
Franklinville, NJ
Airport
Southern Cross
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2556X
Reported as
Cessna P206
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,277 total51 in this make and model13 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.

Wind gust caused aircraft to balloon on landing. Pilot allowed aircraft to come down on nosewheel which collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

WIND GUST CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO BALLOON ON LANDING. PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO COME DOWN ON NOSEWHEEL WHICH COLLAPSED.