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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Newcarlisle, OH · April 2, 1990

Date: April 2, 1990 · 23:50 local
Place: Newcarlisle, OH
Airport: Andy Barnhart Memorial Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7506J
Reported as: Piper PA28R180
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 900 total200 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

N7506JRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R-30871 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180 Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.

Sudden loss of headwind on approach. Had loss of lift. Applied power but hit top of tree. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

SUDDEN LOSS OF HEADWIND ON APPROACH. HAD LOSS OF LIFT. APPLIED POWER BUT HIT TOP OF TREE. LANDED SAFELY.