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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Sptpuz RF4D · Chandler, AZ · May 26, 1995

Date
May 26, 1995 · 14:30 local
Place
Chandler, AZ
Airport
Stellar Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1771
Reported as
Sptpuz RF4D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total50 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.

On first proficiency landing, landed 50 ft short of runway. Blamed a downdraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON FIRST PROFICIENCY LANDING, LANDED 50 FT SHORT OF RUNWAY.BLAMED A DOWNDRAFT.