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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Katy, TX · November 21, 1983

Date
November 21, 1983 · 09:00 local
Place
Katy, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1874N
Reported as
Cessna 120
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
63 total51 in this make and model6 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.

Taxiied too fast downwind on runway. Tail came up. Brakes were applied and aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

TAXIIED TOO FAST DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY. TAIL CAME UP. BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.