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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 7AC · Hartford, CT · July 1, 1978

Date
July 1, 1978 · 11:23 local
Place
Hartford, CT
Airport
Brainard
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2743E
Reported as
Blanca 7AC
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
540 total10 in this make and model0 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.

During taxi for takeoff the aircraft was tipped up on the nose by a strong gust of wind.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS TIPPED UP ON THE NOSE BY A STRONG GUST OF WIND.