41.9071° N, 88.2480° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 4, 1978 · 13:45 local
Place
West Chicago, IL
Airport
Dupage
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N63785
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total15 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 along the edge of the ramp struck the tail of a parked airplane.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TAXIING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RAMP STRUCK THE TAIL OF A PARKED AIRPLANE.