19780113002879I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150 · Vacville, CA · January 13, 1978

Date: January 13, 1978 · 05:30 local
Place: Vacville, CA
Airport: Nut Tree
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N8449U
Reported as: Cessna 150
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8449URegistration cancelled Jan 8, 2013 · Cessna 150MS/N 15077937 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 150M Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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 taxied onto runway then sent down runway unmanned. Struck swather on side of runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY THEN SENT DOWN RUNWAY UNMANNED. STRUCK SWATHER ON SIDE OF RUNWAY.