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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Altoona, PA · May 14, 1998

Date
May 14, 1998 · 18:10 local
Place
Altoona, PA
Airport
Altoona-Blair County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3525V
Reported as
Cessna 140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
435 total33 in this make and model10 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.

Drifted into sod right of runway. Left gear collapsed allowing wing tip and prop to contact runway. Tailwheel broke.

As the FAA filed it

DRIFTED INTO SOD RIGHT OF RUNWAY. LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ALLOWING WING TIP AND PROP TO CONTACT RUNWAY. TAILWHEEL BROKE.