# Incident 19790120002589I: Lkheed 188C, Ypsilanti, MI, January 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1979, 19:45 local time
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FLA
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N665F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N665F-1995-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 188C (registry code 5262604, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-188c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 188C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790120002589I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT #4 PROP CAME IN CONTACT WITH A MARKED TOW TUG DURING TAXI FROM PARKING

## Other reports on N665F (3)

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

- [Incident 19860314012769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860314012769I), Mar 14, 1986: Lkheed 188C (N665F), Miami, FL, Minor damage. More than usual vibration on touchdown. Tower reported smoke from tires. Found brake locked.
- [Incident 19801008073219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801008073219I), Oct 8, 1980: Lkheed 188C (N665F), Houston, TX. Emergency landing after cargo shifted and vibrated aircraft.
- [Incident 19780427013959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780427013959I), Apr 27, 1978: Lkheed 188C (N665F), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Failure of 2 tires as aircraft was cleared for takeoff.

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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