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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Arctic S1AARCTIC · Palmer, AK · December 12, 1991

Date
December 12, 1991 · 13:15 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Airport
Palmer Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N37327
Reported as
Arctic S1AARCTIC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total2 in this make and model5 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.

Pilot made a hard landing. Occupants stated white out conditions caused pilot to misjudge runway beneath him.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. OCCUPANTS STATED WHITE OUT CONDITIONS CAUSED PILOT TO MISJUDGE RUNWAY BENEATH HIM.