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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · North Myrtle Be, SC · March 1, 1978

Date
March 1, 1978 · 20:20 local
Place
North Myrtle Be, SC
Airport
Grand Strand
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N840WM
Reported as
Piper PA32260
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total30 in this make and model0 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 struck an unmarked curb along the taxiway edge. One main gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STRUCK AN UNMARKED CURB ALONG THE TAXIWAY EDGE. ONE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.