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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA20 · Owosso, MI · September 16, 1996

Date: September 16, 1996 · 14:15 local
Place: Owosso, MI
Airport: Owosso Community Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7491L
Reported as: Piper PA20
Reported engine: Lycoming O290D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,245 total35 in this make and model30 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.

Narrative: the pacer was not equipped with an aircraft radio. The pacer while landing on runway 36 did not hear the transmission of the navajo which started it's approach for landing on runway 10. The pilot of the pacer saw the navajo approaching from the right side, and started applying thr brakes as the two aircraft came closer and closer to colliding, he put on the brakes hard, which caused the aircraft to nose over and stop in the inverted position.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PACER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN AIRCRAFT RADIO. THE PACER WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 DID NOT HEAR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE NAVAJO WHICH STARTED IT'S APPROACH FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 10. THE PILOT OF THE PACER SAW THE NAVAJO APPROACHING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE, AND STARTED APPLYING THR BRAKES AS THE TWO AIRCRAFT CAME CLOSER AND CLOSER TO COLLIDING, HE PUT ON THE BRAKES HARD, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE OVER AND STOP IN THE INVERTED POSITION.