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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Waco ZPF-7 · New Orleans, LA · November 3, 1980

Date: November 3, 1980 · 12:05 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lakefront
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N17710
Reported as: Waco ZPF7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N17710Registered now · Waco ZPF-7S/N 4650 · Built 1937 Airframe modelWaco ZPF-7 Engine modelJacobs R755B 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.

Pilot saw other aircraft taxiing toward him. Thought collision imminent and braked abruptly. Nosed up.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SAW OTHER AIRCRAFT TAXIING TOWARD HIM. THOUGHT COLLISION IMMINENT AND BRAKED ABRUPTLY. NOSED UP.