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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA60601P · Reno, NV · March 12, 1990

Date: March 12, 1990 · 12:15 local
Place: Reno, NV
Airport: Reno/Stead Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N345SP
Reported as: Piper PA60601P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 818 total184 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N345SPRegistered now · Piper AEROSTAR 601PS/N 61P-0512-213 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper AEROSTAR 601P Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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.

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

As the FAA filed it

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