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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Merrill, IA · August 17, 1985

Date: August 17, 1985 · 13:30 local
Place: Merrill, IA
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2358N
Reported as: Cessna 120
Reported engine: Continental C8512F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 600 total100 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N2358NRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Cessna 120S/N 12607 · Built 1947 Airframe modelCessna 120 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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 struck a gopher hole, bounced and struck a dike. Damage to gear box.

As the FAA filed it

DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A GOPHER HOLE, BOUNCED AND STRUCK A DIKE. DAMAGE TO GEAR BOX.