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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185C · Reno, NV · August 9, 1991

Date
August 9, 1991 · 16:40 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Reno Cannon International Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5811T
Reported as
Cessna 185C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total1,300 in this make and model20 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.

After taxiing to runway pilot applied brakes. Aircraft nosed down and a gust of wind tipped it over.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAXIING TO RUNWAY PILOT APPLIED BRAKES. AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN AND A GUST OF WIND TIPPED IT OVER.