19890429029079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Hawthorne, CA · April 29, 1989

Date: April 29, 1989 · 15:20 local
Place: Hawthorne, CA
Airport: Hawthorne Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7683P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Reported engine: Lycoming O540A1A5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,400 total104 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N7683PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-2892 · Built 1961 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Almost landed gear up. Tower advised gear up. Go around made as propeller tips struck runway. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

ALMOST LANDED GEAR UP. TOWER ADVISED GEAR UP. GO AROUND MADE AS PROPELLER TIPS STRUCK RUNWAY. LANDED SAFELY.