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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7KCAB · Marion, IA · April 15, 1981

Date
April 15, 1981 · 11:00 local
Place
Marion, IA
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5185T
Reported as
Bbavia 7KCAB
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
96 total0 in this make and model2 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.

Pilot just bought plane, forgot it had heel brakes instead of toe. Struck another aircraft during taxi practice.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT JUST BOUGHT PLANE, FORGOT IT HAD HEEL BRAKES INSTEAD OF TOE. STRUCK ANOTHER AIRCRAFT DURING TAXI PRACTICE.