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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Mackinac Island, MI · July 18, 1988

Date
July 18, 1988 · 22:20 local
Place
Mackinac Island, MI
Airport
Mackinac Island Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123WR
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,000 in this make and model80 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.

Almost landed with gear up. Go around made as propellers were hitting runway. Landed safely on second try.

As the FAA filed it

ALMOST LANDED WITH GEAR UP. GO AROUND MADE AS PROPELLERS WERE HITTING RUNWAY. LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND TRY.