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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Tcrafk DCO65TCRAFT · Brighton, CO · September 4, 1989

Date
September 4, 1989 · 15:30 local
Place
Brighton, CO
Airport
Heckendorf Ranches Airport
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N48393
Reported as
Tcrafk DCO65TCRAFT
Reported engine
Continental A65*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total115 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.

Pilot started engine for the purpose of changing oil. While moving aircraft caught a wing and broke a gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STARTED ENGINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING OIL. WHILE MOVING AIRCRAFT CAUGHT A WING AND BROKE A GEAR.