# Incident 19780221000279I: Amtrjv WICHAWK, Van Nuys, CA, February 21, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1978, 16:44 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 118.4490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-118.4490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6940, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6940-1985-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snider WICHAWK (registry code 05629AW, https://openairdocs.org/model/snider-wichawk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRJV WICHAWK
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780221000279I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED LONG ON SLIGHTLY DOWNWIND RUNWAY. APPLIED FULL BRAKING ON THE OVERRUN, WENT OVER ON HIS BACK.

## Other reports on N6940 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830104000769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830104000769A), Jan 4, 1983: Amtrjv WICHAWK (N6940), Camarillo, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Dived into ground during low level acrobatic maneuvers. Burned on impact.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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