# Incident 19970824034609I: Piper PA24260, Marietta, OK, August 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Marietta, OK
- Airport: Mcgehee Catfish Restaurant
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8986° N, 97.1708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at McGehee Catfish Restaurant Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8986&lon=-97.1708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9458P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9458P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,660 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970824034609I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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