48.7927° N, 122.5375° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BELLINGHAM INTL (BLI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 3, 1997 · 10:00 local
Place
Bellingham, WA
Airport
Bellingham International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5457L
Reported as
Gulstm AA5
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
30 total30 in this make and model
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: while conducting an unauthorized landing at the skagit/bay view (NDB) airport, burlington, WA. During a student solo cross-country the propeller tip contacted the runway curling approximately 4 inches of one tip foreward and 4 inches of the other tip backward. The student flew the a/c back to paine field without authorization.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: WHILE CONDUCTING AN UNAUTHORIZED LANDING AT THE SKAGIT/BAY VIEW (NDB) AIRPORT, BURLINGTON, WA. DURING A STUDENT SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY THE PROPELLER TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY CURLING APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES OF ONE TIP FOREWARD AND 4 INCHES OF THE OTHER TIP BACKWARD. THE STUDENT FLEW THE A/C BACK TO PAINE FIELD WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.