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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA-5 · Albuquerque, NM · August 11, 1989

Date: August 11, 1989 · 14:45 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6042L
Reported as: Gulstm AA5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 280 total220 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N6042LRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · American AA-5S/N AA5-0142 · Built 1972 Airframe modelAmerican AA-5 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot made a hard landing. Porpoised. Broke nose gear off and damaged the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. PORPOISED. BROKE NOSE GEAR OFF AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER.