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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Colt 240A · Carefree, AZ · March 2, 1985

Date
March 2, 1985 · 09:10 local
Place
Carefree, AZ
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N240TC
Reported as
Colt 240A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total10 in this make and model25 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.

During high wind landing, basket tipped over,spilled people. Basket uprighted and hit tree. Load cables slipped.

As the FAA filed it

DURING HIGH WIND LANDING, BASKET TIPPED OVER,SPILLED PEOPLE. BASKET UPRIGHTED AND HIT TREE. LOAD CABLES SLIPPED.