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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-301 · Berlin, MD · October 15, 2013

Date
October 15, 2013 · 20:00 local
Place
Berlin, MD
Airport
Ocean City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N82DF
Reported as
Piper PA-32-301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540-K1G5
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,010 total30 in this make and model50 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.

Aircraft was landing at Ocean City Municipal Airport just after dark on runway 2. The approach was low and the aircraft hit the top of the trees. The left wing leading edge was damaged.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT OCEAN CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT JUST AFTER DARK ON RUNWAY 2. THE APPROACH WAS LOW AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF THE TREES. THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE WAS DAMAGED.