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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Houlton, ME · July 14, 1989

Date
July 14, 1989 · 19:30 local
Place
Houlton, ME
Airport
Houlton International
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3997D
Reported as
Cessna 182
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
305 total281 in this make and model29 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.

Practicing landings on a deactivated runway. Saw a truck in his path. Turned to avoid truck. Struck a wood pile.

As the FAA filed it

PRACTICING LANDINGS ON A DEACTIVATED RUNWAY. SAW A TRUCK IN HIS PATH. TURNED TO AVOID TRUCK. STRUCK A WOOD PILE.