What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft taxied into parked helicopter. Sun blinded pilot.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO PARKED HELICOPTER. SUN BLINDED PILOT.
FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · San Juan, Puerto Rico · September 8, 1978
- Date
- September 8, 1978 · 07:30 local
- Place
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport
- Puerto Rico International
- Phase of flight
- Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N4795
- Reported as
- Doug DC3
- People aboard
- 12
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 13,400 total264 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N4795Registration cancelled Dec 13, 2012 · Douglas DC3Airframe modelDouglas DC3Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
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.