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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · Richmond, VA · September 13, 1979

Date: September 13, 1979 · 05:15 local
Place: Richmond, VA
Airport: Byrd International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N759WW
Reported as: Cessna 182Q
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 362 total111 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N759WWRegistered now · Cessna 182QS/N 18266326 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 182Q Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

Pilot taxied off unlit taxiway while dark. Rolled into a ditch, hit raised concrete gutter.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAXIED OFF UNLIT TAXIWAY WHILE DARK. ROLLED INTO A DITCH, HIT RAISED CONCRETE GUTTER.