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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Elk Springs, CO · November 3, 1979

Date: November 3, 1979 · 13:00 local
Place: Elk Springs, CO
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N93283
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N93283Registration cancelled Dec 7, 2010 · Cessna A185FS/N 18503210 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.

While taxiing on dirt strip, aircraft contacted soft mud, commenced ground loop. Pilot applied power in error.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING ON DIRT STRIP, AIRCRAFT CONTACTED SOFT MUD, COMMENCED GROUND LOOP. PILOT APPLIED POWER IN ERROR.