19881101061259I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60600 · Atlanta, GA · November 1, 1988

Date: November 1, 1988 · 10:45 local
Place: Atlanta, GA
Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: ETWA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N138TS
Reported as: Piper PA60600
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,150 total300 in this make and model85 in the last 90 days

N138TSRegistration cancelled Jul 3, 2012 · Smith AEROSTAR 600S/N 60-0138-058 · Built 1973 Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 600 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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 gear up. Go-around made as propellers struck runway. Landed safely on second attempt.

As the FAA filed it

ALMOST LANDED GEAR UP. GO-AROUND MADE AS PROPELLERS STRUCK RUNWAY. LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND ATTEMPT.