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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 140 · Ozona, TX · March 7, 1981

Date
March 7, 1981 · 18:45 local
Place
Ozona, TX
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N77079
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FQG19
Reported as
Cessna 140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
77 total10 in this make and model15 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.

Inadvertently hit brakes during fast taxi with tail up. Airplane nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTENTLY HIT BRAKES DURING FAST TAXI WITH TAIL UP. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.