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.
(-23) On April 14, 2004 at approximately 9:00 am, Mr. Paulo gold experienced a hard landing on runway 34 at the martin county airport causing damage to the landing gear. According to Mr. Gold, he was attempting to land his velocity aircraft into a strong headwind and about 7 feet off the runway, the wind seemed to drop off and the aircraft stalled causing the hard landing. There was one passenger, privacy data omitted there were no injuries and the aircraft was moved to a maintenance hangar.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON APRIL 14, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00 AM, MR. PAULO GOLD EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT THE MARTIN COUNTY AIRPORT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR. ACCORDING TO MR. GOLD, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND HIS VELOCITY AIRCRAFT INTO A STRONG HEADWIND AND ABOUT 7 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY, THE WIND SEEMED TO DROP OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED CAUSING THE HARD LANDING. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR.
Other reports on N173DT · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.