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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Curtis C46FCURTIS · Cordova, AK · September 27, 1986

Date
September 27, 1986 · 15:30 local
Place
Cordova, AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
EAIB
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1651M
Reported as
Curtis C46FCURTIS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total800 in this make and model120 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.

Left wheel struck a soft spot during taxi on a beach landing area. Left gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WHEEL STRUCK A SOFT SPOT DURING TAXI ON A BEACH LANDING AREA. LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED.