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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Los Banos, CA · July 4, 1983

Date: July 4, 1983 · 07:00 local
Place: Los Banos, CA
Airport: Los Banos
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95M
Reported as: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,900 total7 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N95MRegistered now · Gallagher PITTS SPECIALS/N 8 · Built 1976 Airframe modelGallagher PITTS SPECIAL Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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.

Airplane broke tail chain and jumped chocks after hand propping. Ran into a field and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE BROKE TAIL CHAIN AND JUMPED CHOCKS AFTER HAND PROPPING. RAN INTO A FIELD AND NOSED OVER.

Other reports on N95M · 1

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

Incident 19870805052719IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Wind Ridge, PAPrecautionary landing in a field due to deteriorating weather. Flipped over.Aug 5, 1987 · Minor damage