38.8951° N, 77.0364° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 7, 1978 · 11:45 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
National
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46K
Reported as
Lkheed 1329/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total1,200 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.
Taxiing aircraft lost nose steering and brakes. Struck two parked aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
TAXIING AIRCRAFT LOST NOSE STEERING AND BRAKES. STRUCK TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT.