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Date
February 19, 1994 · 20:08 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Fulton County Airport-Brown Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4943G
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
223 total223 in this make and model30 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 inadvertenly taxied off taxiway onto grass area because of darkness. Taxiway lights inoperative.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT INADVERTENLY TAXIED OFF TAXIWAY ONTO GRASS AREA BECAUSE OF DARKNESS. TAXIWAY LIGHTS INOPERATIVE.