41.0670° N, 73.7076° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 30, 1981 · 19:10 local
Place
White Plains, NY
Airport
Westchester Co
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N763BL
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Pilot waiting for taxi instructions was behind B737 accelleration of 737 engines flipped aircraft on left wing.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAITING FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WAS BEHIND B737 ACCELLERATION OF 737 ENGINES FLIPPED AIRCRAFT ON LEFT WING.