19791129045229I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Naval N3N-3 · Vacaville, CA · November 29, 1979

Date
November 29, 1979 · 15:30 local
Place
Vacaville, CA
Airport
Nut Tree
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N45042
Reported as
Naval N3N3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total187 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.

While attempting taxi turn pilot applied brakes, aircraft nosed up, damaged propeller.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING TAXI TURN PILOT APPLIED BRAKES, AIRCRAFT NOSED UP, DAMAGED PROPELLER.