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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Orlando, FL · February 16, 1979

Date: February 16, 1979 · 20:00 local
Place: Orlando, FL
Airport: Herndon
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N12801
Reported as: Cessna 172M
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N12801Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17262271 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.

Turned off main taxiway in error and taxied into soft sand ditch.

As the FAA filed it

TURNED OFF MAIN TAXIWAY IN ERROR AND TAXIED INTO SOFT SAND DITCH.

Other reports on N12801 · 2

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

Accident 19790221012349ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Lincoln Park, NJAirplane found in field near airport. Pilot refused to discuss accident. On ferry permit with passenger.Feb 21, 1979 · Substantial damage Accident 19750817026089ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Worthington, MALndd on a large potato fld struck a deep drainage ditch drg roll out.Aug 17, 1975 · Substantial damage