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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Lakeport, CA · August 11, 1988

Date: August 11, 1988 · 14:45 local
Place: Lakeport, CA
Airport: Lampson Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6471W
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,650 total

N6471WRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-20544 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Lost control on hard landing in gusting conditions. Porpoised, hitting wing tip and bending nose wheel strut.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON HARD LANDING IN GUSTING CONDITIONS. PORPOISED, HITTING WING TIP AND BENDING NOSE WHEEL STRUT.