# Incident 19780504032019I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Denver, CO, May 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1978, 06:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Stapleton International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69489, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69489-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780504032019I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TAXIING AIRCRAFT STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT. PILOTS VISION WAS OBSCURRED BY DEW ON WINDSHIELD.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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