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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Brownsville, TX · August 16, 1995

Date
August 16, 1995 · 17:01 local
Place
Brownsville, TX
Airport
Brownsville-South Padre International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
HKOV
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9974T
Reported as
Piper PA38112
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
64 total64 in this make and model64 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.

Failed to flare properly for landing. Bounced and porpoised. Damaged nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO FLARE PROPERLY FOR LANDING. BOUNCED AND PORPOISED. DAMAGED NOSE GEAR.