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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7ECA · Concord, CA · August 15, 2007

Date
August 15, 2007 · 15:45 local
Place
Concord, CA
Airport
Buchanan Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1808G
Reported as
Bbavia 7ECA
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
675 total475 in this make and model7 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.

(-23) The aircraft is a conventional wheeled airplane. While the aircraft was being taxied, the tower asked the pilot to hold for another aircraft. When he applied the brakes, the aircraft tail rotated upward and the propeller contacted the taxiway surface. The aircraft was on a downwind taxi at the time and the winds were gusty.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT IS A CONVENTIONAL WHEELED AIRPLANE. WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED, THE TOWER ASKED THE PILOT TO HOLD FOR ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTATED UPWARD AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE TAXIWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A DOWNWIND TAXI AT THE TIME AND THE WINDS WERE GUSTY.