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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Doug C-47A · Robbinsville, NJ · September 30, 1989

Date
September 30, 1989 · 10:00 local
Place
Robbinsville, NJ
Airport
Trenton-Robbinsville Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
VCQA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N902VC
Reported as
Doug C47A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 in this make and model

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.

Aircraft was landing on runway 29 and hit trees on approach. VASI to be checked for possible error.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AND HIT TREES ON APPROACH. VASI TO BE CHECKED FOR POSSIBLE ERROR.