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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Fredericksburg, VA · February 23, 1992

Date
February 23, 1992 · 18:45 local
Place
Fredericksburg, VA
Airport
Shannon Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2921G
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,457 total1,050 in this make and model27 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.

Landed short of runway threshold. Struck upslope and severed landing gear. Dark night,light wind.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY THRESHOLD. STRUCK UPSLOPE AND SEVERED LANDING GEAR. DARK NIGHT,LIGHT WIND.