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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Marietta, OK · August 24, 1997

Date
August 24, 1997 · 15:00 local
Place
Marietta, OK
Airport
Mcgehee Catfish Restaurant
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9458P
Reported as
Piper PA24260
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,660 total500 in this make and model50 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: aircraft quartering a NE headwind, landing n. at approx. 10', the aircraft fell, on impact, the nose strut sheered and the aircraft skid to a stop off the right side of the grass runway. Minor damage to the l/h wing, no injuries to the two people onboard. Pilot felt the wind was blocked by a hill e. of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT QUARTERING A NE HEADWIND, LANDING N. AT APPROX. 10', THE AIRCRAFT FELL, ON IMPACT, THE NOSE STRUT SHEERED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKID TO A STOP OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GRASS RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE L/H WING, NO INJURIES TO THE TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD. PILOT FELT THE WIND WAS BLOCKED BY A HILL E. OF THE RUNWAY.