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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180K · Ballston Spa, NY · April 11, 1984

Date
April 11, 1984 · 10:00 local
Place
Ballston Spa, NY
Airport
Saratoga Co
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2855K
Reported as
Cessna 180K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total1,500 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.

Fuel imbalance. Elected to land. Nosed over avoiding a runway light on landing. Vented fuel cap on backwards.

As the FAA filed it

FUEL IMBALANCE. ELECTED TO LAND. NOSED OVER AVOIDING A RUNWAY LIGHT ON LANDING. VENTED FUEL CAP ON BACKWARDS.