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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Univar 108-1 · Vashon, WA · August 4, 1985

Date
August 4, 1985 · 11:15 local
Place
Vashon, WA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N97909
Reported as
Univar 1081
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total60 in this make and model3 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 speed taxi test aircraft ground looped into trees. Pilots medical and biennial expired.

As the FAA filed it

DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED INTO TREES. PILOTS MEDICAL AND BIENNIAL EXPIRED.