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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Upland, CA · February 3, 1991

Date
February 3, 1991 · 16:00 local
Place
Upland, CA
Airport
Cable Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8072S
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
270 total20 in this make and model2 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.

Misjudged his descent final. Visibility was restricted by haze and sun. Landed short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

MISJUDGED HIS DESCENT FINAL. VISIBILITY WAS RESTRICTED BY HAZE AND SUN. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY.