19891226065829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-236 · Utica, MI · December 26, 1989

Date: December 26, 1989 · 15:15 local
Place: Utica, MI
Airport: Berz-Macomb Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N152SW
Reported as: Piper PA28236
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 135 total8 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N152SWRegistered now · Piper PA-28-236S/N 28-8211017 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-236 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Struck an object on approach to airport. Initiated go around and returned to departure point. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK AN OBJECT ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. INITIATED GO AROUND AND RETURNED TO DEPARTURE POINT. LANDED SAFELY.