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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr AVID FLYER · Mesa, AZ · April 5, 1998

Date
April 5, 1998 · 17:30 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N41PM
Reported as
Amtr Avidflyer
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,700 total430 in this make and model129 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: pilot made hard landing at montezuma heights a private air strip. This airstrip is located on a Mesa with a drop off on either end of the runway. Aircraft received minor damage to landing gear and attach points. Pilot reports contributing to the hard landing were gusty wind conditions and a wind shear approach.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT MADE HARD LANDING AT MONTEZUMA HEIGHTS A PRIVATE AIR STRIP. THIS AIRSTRIP IS LOCATED ON A MESA WITH A DROP OFF ON EITHER END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR AND ATTACH POINTS. PILOT REPORTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HARD LANDING WERE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS AND A WIND SHEAR APPROACH.