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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-17 · Keldron, SD · January 31, 1989

Date: January 31, 1989 · 10:30 local
Place: Keldron, SD
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4883H
Reported as: Piper PA17
Reported engine: Continental A65*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 369 total357 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N4883HRegistered now · Piper PA-17S/N 17-182 · Built 1948 Airframe modelPiper PA-17 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempted a go around as wind banked aircraft. Unable to regain control and mushed to ground. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND AS WIND BANKED AIRCRAFT. UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL AND MUSHED TO GROUND. MINOR DAMAGE.