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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Hot Springs, AR · October 11, 1994

Date: October 11, 1994 · 15:00 local
Place: Hot Springs, AR
Airport: Memorial Field
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4096T
Reported as: Piper PA31350
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,483 total1,000 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N4096TRegistration cancelled May 11, 2004 · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-8152186 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Saw airport thru break in clouds. Elected visual approach. Struck approach light on final as weather closed in.

As the FAA filed it

SAW AIRPORT THRU BREAK IN CLOUDS. ELECTED VISUAL APPROACH. STRUCK APPROACH LIGHT ON FINAL AS WEATHER CLOSED IN.