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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · California City, CA · April 5, 1995

Date
April 5, 1995 · 16:45 local
Place
California City, CA
Airport
California City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1504V
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total1,100 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.

Impatient with glider tow plane blocking taxiway. Taxied around it. Sank into soft dirt. Damage prop nose fairing.

As the FAA filed it

IMPATIENT WITH GLIDER TOW PLANE BLOCKING TAXIWAY. TAXIED AROUND IT. SANK INTO SOFT DIRT. DAMAGE PROP NOSE FAIRING.