26.1223° N, 80.1434° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 20, 1984 · 06:00 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Executive
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N32AE
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,100 total0 in this make and model60 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.
Lost control of aircraft turning onto a taxiway on taxi practice. Went into soft sand, hit a concrete light base.
As the FAA filed it
LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT TURNING ONTO A TAXIWAY ON TAXI PRACTICE. WENT INTO SOFT SAND, HIT A CONCRETE LIGHT BASE.