# Incident 19790403012369I: Mooney M20F, Burbank, CA, April 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1979, 19:05 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9481V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9481V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790403012369I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT TAXIED INTO CURB ON AN UNLIGHTED RAMP.  INSTRUCTOR ONBOARD, NO BRAKES ON HIS SIDE.

## Other reports on N9481V (1)

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

- [Incident 19801211086279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801211086279I), Dec 11, 1980: Mooney M20F (N9481V), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear for landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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