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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Carlsbad, NM · March 22, 1990

Date
March 22, 1990 · 11:45 local
Place
Carlsbad, NM
Airport
Cavern City Air Trml
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1514T
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25 total25 in this make and model25 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.

Lost control on landing when he flew into dust devil. Veered left. Tried to go around but nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON LANDING WHEN HE FLEW INTO DUST DEVIL. VEERED LEFT. TRIED TO GO AROUND BUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.