41.2336° N, 81.9396° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Valley City, OH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 19, 1985 · 14:30 local
Place
Valley City, OH
Airport
Helmick
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1899B
Reported as
Luscom 8F
Reported engine
Continental O200*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
442 total442 in this make and model8 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 to test brakes, directional control was lost. Struck tree off side of runway.
As the FAA filed it
DURING HIGH SPEED TAXI TO TEST BRAKES, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST. STRUCK TREE OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.