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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Benson RV8FASTBAC · Eagle, CO · October 18, 2008

Date
October 18, 2008 · 13:25 local
Place
Eagle, CO
Airport
Eagle County Regional
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N38LB
Reported as
Benson RV8FASTBAC
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
880 total0 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.

(-23) Pilot was practicing taxiing, pilot ground looped a/c doing minor damage. Pilot had no intention of flight. Pilot had built the aircraft and has no time in the aircraft during flight. Advised pilot he needs more practice.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAXIING, PILOT GROUND LOOPED A/C DOING MINOR DAMAGE. PILOT HAD NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT. PILOT HAD BUILT THE AIRCRAFT AND HAS NO TIME IN THE AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT. ADVISED PILOT HE NEEDS MORE PRACTICE.