41.7701° N, 71.6226° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, RI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 29, 1978 · 13:30 local
Place
Richmond, RI
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N40GB
Reported as
Beech STC18BEECH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,205 total55 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.
Pilot claims to have become inadvertently airborne during fast taxi. Brake failed on rollout, pilot ground looped.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT CLAIMS TO HAVE BECOME INADVERTENTLY AIRBORNE DURING FAST TAXI. BRAKE FAILED ON ROLLOUT, PILOT GROUND LOOPED.