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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech A23 · Vero Beach, FL · July 15, 1979

Date
July 15, 1979 · 12:20 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1463L
Reported as
Beech A23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Unlicensed lineman unable to reduce power after starting ran aircraft into fence.

As the FAA filed it

UNLICENSED LINEMAN UNABLE TO REDUCE POWER AFTER STARTING RAN AIRCRAFT INTO FENCE.