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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Preston, ID · February 25, 1997

Date
February 25, 1997 · 15:00 local
Place
Preston, ID
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7042Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total125 in this make and model25 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: left main landing gear tire blew at touchdown. Aircraft swerved left, skidded to stop 50 yards left of runway. Minor damage to left gear and left propeller. This is a final report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE BLEW AT TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT, SKIDDED TO STOP 50 YARDS LEFT OF RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT GEAR AND LEFT PROPELLER. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.