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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Millsboro, DE · June 8, 1998

Date: June 8, 1998 · 13:30 local
Place: Millsboro, DE
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7987G
Reported as: Cessna 150L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 360 total77 in this make and model87 in the last 90 days

N7987GRegistered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15074748 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna 150L Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Too low for banner pickup. Hook hit ground and catapulted over horizontal stabilizer. Damaged tail. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

TOO LOW FOR BANNER PICKUP. HOOK HIT GROUND AND CATAPULTED OVER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. DAMAGED TAIL. LANDED SAFELY.