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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Smithville, TX · December 2, 1981

Date
December 2, 1981 · 13:45 local
Place
Smithville, TX
Airport
R Bar J Ranch
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N555WV
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total100 in this make and model300 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.

With weak right brake, pilot veered off gravel covered paved strip and hit parked aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

WITH WEAK RIGHT BRAKE, PILOT VEERED OFF GRAVEL COVERED PAVED STRIP AND HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT.