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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Selilnsgrove, PA · June 4, 1988

Date
June 4, 1988 · 10:30 local
Place
Selilnsgrove, PA
Airport
Penn Valley
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9875T
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20 total6 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.

Aircraft ballooned on landing. Student overcontrolled, hit runway nose down. Nose gear collapsed. More instruction.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT BALLOONED ON LANDING. STUDENT OVERCONTROLLED, HIT RUNWAY NOSE DOWN. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MORE INSTRUCTION.