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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58 · San Jose, CA · April 4, 1989

Date
April 4, 1989 · 20:35 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
San Jose International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1901L
Reported as
Beech 58
Reported engine
Continental IO520CB
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total500 in this make and model45 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.

While taxiing, left gear rolled over manhole cover which moved and gear dropped in hole. Minor damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING, LEFT GEAR ROLLED OVER MANHOLE COVER WHICH MOVED AND GEAR DROPPED IN HOLE. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.