19791024054499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Leadville, CO · October 24, 1979

Date
October 24, 1979 · 14:00 local
Place
Leadville, CO
Airport
Lake Co
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N88636
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total50 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.

Pilot turned onto driveway instead of taxiway. A wheel dropped 8 inches off side, damaged prop and tire.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TURNED ONTO DRIVEWAY INSTEAD OF TAXIWAY. A WHEEL DROPPED 8 INCHES OFF SIDE, DAMAGED PROP AND TIRE.