19800120016129I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Sacramento, CA · January 20, 1980

Date
January 20, 1980 · 19:00 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Airport
Executive
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6839E
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total80 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.

During taxi on unlighted taxiway, pilot missed turn and ran into mud. Prop tip damage. .

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI ON UNLIGHTED TAXIWAY, PILOT MISSED TURN AND RAN INTO MUD.PROP TIP DAMAGE. .