What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot hit fence with wing tip while maneuvering to park.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT HIT FENCE WITH WING TIP WHILE MANEUVERING TO PARK.
FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Detroit, MI · March 5, 1978
- Date
- March 5, 1978 · 17:20 local
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N50C
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 925 total275 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.