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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Tampa, FL · March 21, 1989

Date
March 21, 1989 · 14:47 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
Mac Dill Afb
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N15272
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total2,500 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.

Right gear broke loose inflight. Dangled by hose. Kept hitting wing. Emergency landing. Minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT GEAR BROKE LOOSE INFLIGHT. DANGLED BY HOSE. KEPT HITTING WING. EMERGENCY LANDING. MINOR DAMAGE.