36.7477° N, 119.7724° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 22, 1978 · 18:00 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6673C
Reported as
Cessna 414
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total50 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 taxiing on the ramp struck a parked airplane which was not properly alligned in the row.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TAXIING ON THE RAMP STRUCK A PARKED AIRPLANE WHICH WAS NOT PROPERLY ALLIGNED IN THE ROW.