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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm G-159 · Indianapolis, IN · February 16, 1979

Date: February 16, 1979 · 11:58 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N789G
Reported as: Gulstm G159
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N789GRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2021 · Grumman G-159S/N 89 · Built 1962 Airframe modelGrumman G-159 Engine modelRolls-Royce DART-529 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

While following directions from ramp attendant aircraft was taxied too close and struck wingtip of N734HR.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS FROM RAMP ATTENDANT AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TOO CLOSE AND STRUCK WINGTIP OF N734HR.