# Incident 19791024054499I: Cessna 421C, Leadville, CO, October 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Leadville, CO
- Airport: Lake Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2195° N, 106.3164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE COUNTY (LXV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2195&lon=-106.3164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88636 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 50 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/19791024054499I

## Narrative

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

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

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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