19880716034709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Thundr AX8105 · Wellsville, NY · July 16, 1988

Date
July 16, 1988 · 07:40 local
Place
Wellsville, NY
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1996X
Reported as
Thundr AX8105
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,278 total500 in this make and model45 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 shift on landing. Used heat but dragged through trees. Landed hard in tall grass and pilot fell out. Deflated.

As the FAA filed it

WIND SHIFT ON LANDING. USED HEAT BUT DRAGGED THROUGH TREES. LANDED HARD IN TALL GRASS AND PILOT FELL OUT. DEFLATED.