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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Pontiac, MI · December 1, 1990

Date: December 1, 1990 · 10:15 local
Place: Pontiac, MI
Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8062W
Reported as: Piper PA28180
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 130 total60 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N8062WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180S/N 28-2142 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Encountered wind gust on landing flare. Lost directional control. Right wing tip touched runway surface.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED WIND GUST ON LANDING FLARE. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. RIGHT WING TIP TOUCHED RUNWAY SURFACE.