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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Univar 415C · Los Banos, CA · June 2, 1983

Date
June 2, 1983 · 16:45 local
Place
Los Banos, CA
Airport
Los Banos
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3074H
Reported as
Univar 415C
Reported engine
Continental C8512
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total150 in this make and model20 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.

Left the aircraft with engine idling to close the hangar door. Engine revved. Airplane ran into VASI lights

As the FAA filed it

LEFT THE AIRCRAFT WITH ENGINE IDLING TO CLOSE THE HANGAR DOOR. ENGINE REVVED. AIRPLANE RAN INTO VASI LIGHTS