# Incident 19960804020709I: Howard DGA15P, Ft Lauderdale, FL, August 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1996, 11:20 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22423, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22423) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Howard DGA-15P (registry code 4690506, https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-dga-15p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOWARD DGA15P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960804020709I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 4, 1996 ABOUT 1120 HR. EDT, HOWARD DGA-15P, N22423, REGISTERED TO FRED J. KIRK, TRUSTEE PILOTED BY FRED J. KIRK CERT. NO 21551, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, STRUCK AN AIRPORT TAXIWAY SIGN DURING RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. NEITHER PILOT NOR PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE UNDER ITS RIGHT WING. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED EARLIER AT FT. MYERS, FL. MAINTENANCE WILL REPAIR AND RETURN AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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