35.3733° N, 119.0187° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 4, 1983 · 14:22 local
Place
Bakersfield, CA
Airport
Meadown Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N49PS
Reported as
Amtr Glasair
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total53 in this make and model90 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.
Told to hold short of runway pilot hit the brakes too hard causing nose to dip down catching one blade on prop.
As the FAA filed it
TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY PILOT HIT THE BRAKES TOO HARD CAUSING NOSE TO DIP DOWN CATCHING ONE BLADE ON PROP.