19971003033829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Grove City, PA · October 3, 1997

Date
October 3, 1997 · 14:15 local
Place
Grove City, PA
Airport
Grove City Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PISA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N50AK
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total150 in this make and model80 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: according to a statement given by the pilot in command, he planned to touch down at the runway threshold. The runway was of minimal length for the type of aircraft. The aircraft landed extremely hard, resulting in blown tires and minor structural damage. privacy data omitted Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT GIVEN BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND, HE PLANNED TO TOUCH DOWN AT THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE RUNWAY WAS OF MINIMAL LENGTH FOR THE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED EXTREMELY HARD, RESULTING IN BLOWN TIRES AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.