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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm AA5B · Richmond, VA · November 21, 1990

Date: November 21, 1990 · 18:00 local
Place: Richmond, VA
Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5406L
Reported as: Gulstm AA5B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 294 total19 in this make and model

N5406LRegistered now · Grumman American Avn. AA-5S/N AA5-0306 · Built 1973 Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

Pilot made a hard landing on nose landing gear. Propeller struck runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING ON NOSE LANDING GEAR. PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY.