# Incident 19970601015719I: Amd FALCON20, Joplin, MO, June 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1997, 16:38 local time
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Airport: Joplin Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PRIA
- Location: 37.1532° N, 94.4988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOPLIN RGNL (JLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1532&lon=-94.4988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N865VP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON20
- Reported engine: GE CF700*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970601015719I

## Narrative

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

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

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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