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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Ionia, MI · August 8, 1981

Date
August 8, 1981 · 09:00 local
Place
Ionia, MI
Airport
Ionia Co
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N76639
Reported as
Cessna 140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
122 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was taxiied into a ditch. Damaged propeller and cowling. Passenger thrown out and suffered broken jaw.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIIED INTO A DITCH. DAMAGED PROPELLER AND COWLING. PASSENGER THROWN OUT AND SUFFERED BROKEN JAW.

Other reports on N76639 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.