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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Goodyr GZ-19A · Atlanta, GA · June 29, 1978

Date: June 29, 1978 · 14:15 local
Place: Atlanta, GA
Airport: Peachtree Dekalb
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N38A
Reported as: Goodyr GZ19A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total3,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N38ARegistration cancelled May 9, 2011 · Goodyear Airship GZ-19AS/N C-138 · Built 1976 Airframe modelGoodyear Airship GZ-19A Engine modelContinental GO-300 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.

Airship ready to load passengers, caught by wind gust and went down embankment. Pilot was able to fly it out.

As the FAA filed it

AIRSHIP READY TO LOAD PASSENGERS, CAUGHT BY WIND GUST AND WENT DOWN EMBANKMENT. PILOT WAS ABLE TO FLY IT OUT.