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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Van Nuys, CA · June 21, 1986

Date
June 21, 1986 · 17:00 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N98661
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total40 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.

Cut turn a little short while taxiing and struck a taxiway sign.

As the FAA filed it

CUT TURN A LITTLE SHORT WHILE TAXIING AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN.