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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA34200 · Skagway, AK · July 17, 1989

Date
July 17, 1989 · 11:15 local
Place
Skagway, AK
Airport
Skagway Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LABA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N57019
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,242 total54 in this make and model323 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.

Almost landed with gear up. Go around made as propeller tips struck runway. Landed safely on second try.

As the FAA filed it

ALMOST LANDED WITH GEAR UP. GO AROUND MADE AS PROPELLER TIPS STRUCK RUNWAY. LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND TRY.