# Incident 19781204021979I: Piper PA23250, West Chicago, IL, December 4, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1978, 13:45 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63785 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 15 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/19781204021979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE RAMP STRUCK THE TAIL OF A PARKED AIRPLANE.

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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