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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · West Palm Beach, FL · May 7, 1989

Date
May 7, 1989 · 10:40 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2997S
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
220 total220 in this make and model30 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.

High cylinder head temperature. Precautionary landing. Nose gear broke on hard landing in gusty wind. Loose wire.

As the FAA filed it

HIGH CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. NOSE GEAR BROKE ON HARD LANDING IN GUSTY WIND. LOOSE WIRE.