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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Amarillo, TX · May 12, 1991

Date
May 12, 1991 · 19:45 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Airport
Tradewind Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N30096
Reported as
Cessna 177
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
72 total4 in this make and model7 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.

Excess airspeed on approach. Made a hard landing. Bounced and damaged nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

EXCESS AIRSPEED ON APPROACH. MADE A HARD LANDING. BOUNCED AND DAMAGED NOSE GEAR.