19781014030329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands · October 14, 1978

Date: October 14, 1978 · 10:30 local
Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Airport: Harry S. Truman
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7559L
Reported as: Piper PA31
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 21,000 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7559LRegistration cancelled Mar 24, 2005 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31-7300946 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot scraped wing tip across the windshield of a parked airplane.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SCRAPED WING TIP ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD OF A PARKED AIRPLANE.

Other reports on N7559L · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19870214003329AGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Denver, COThe aircraft taxied into soft ground after the pilot had blacked out. Medical certificate suspended.Feb 14, 1987 Incident 19810807071389IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · San Juan, Puerto RicoZa #1 engine rough, returned shut down engine, left gear did not extend, left wing dragged,aircraft went off runwayAug 7, 1981 · Minor damage