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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 210 · Columbia, SC · April 1, 1997

Date: April 1, 1997 · 21:00 local
Place: Columbia, SC
Airport: Owens Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3740Y
Reported as: Cessna 210
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 950 total700 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N3740YRegistered now · Cessna 210S/N 21058240 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna 210 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: the pilot in command, dale c. madson, was taxiing to runway 31 at the Columbia Owens Downtown Airport (cub), Columbia, SC, when the right brake failed and the wind turned the aircraft down the slope and into the airport fence. Mr. Madson realized he had lost control of the airplane and turned off the engine prior to the airplane hitting the fence. No one was injured. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the left wing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT IN COMMAND, DALE C. MADSON, WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 31 AT THE COLUMBIA OWENS DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (CUB), COLUMBIA, SC, WHEN THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED AND THE WIND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN THE SLOPE AND INTO THE AIRPORT FENCE. MR. MADSON REALIZED HE HAD LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE PRIOR TO THE AIRPLANE HITTING THE FENCE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING.