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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Smith 601PSMITH · Pueblo, CO · August 4, 1981

Date
August 4, 1981 · 20:21 local
Place
Pueblo, CO
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3642Y
Reported as
Smith 601PSMITH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total13 in this make and model50 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.

Ran off taxiway into a ditch while cleaning out cockpit with head down.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OFF TAXIWAY INTO A DITCH WHILE CLEANING OUT COCKPIT WITH HEAD DOWN.