19781102023729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Palo Alto, CA · November 2, 1978

Date
November 2, 1978 · 19:15 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3213F
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total1,800 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.

Aircraft struck ditch while taxiing at night without taxi light. Battery was too weak due to generator failure.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK DITCH WHILE TAXIING AT NIGHT WITHOUT TAXI LIGHT. BATTERY WAS TOO WEAK DUE TO GENERATOR FAILURE.

Other reports on N3213F · 1

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