41.1306° N, 85.1289° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 28, 1978 · 14:50 local
Place
Ft Wayne, IN
Airport
Baer
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1187X
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,125 total104 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 along parked aircraft struck a wing on a light-pole.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TAXIING ON THE RAMP ALONG PARKED AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WING ON A LIGHT-POLE.