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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Indianapolis, IN · August 13, 1990

Date
August 13, 1990 · 11:00 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Greenwood Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8085H
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
49 total45 in this make and model9 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.

Ballooned on landing then allowed a stall and dropped 10 feet to runway. Impact forced struts up through wings.

As the FAA filed it

BALLOONED ON LANDING THEN ALLOWED A STALL AND DROPPED 10 FEET TO RUNWAY. IMPACT FORCED STRUTS UP THROUGH WINGS.