# Accident 19790708024942A: Piper PA23250, Flushing, NY, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 20:15 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Airport: Flushing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.7787° N, 73.8326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Flushing Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7787&lon=-73.8326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5035Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5035Y-2001-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,101 total, 104 in this make and model, 231 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708024942A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK BY TAXIING AIRCRAFT WHILE HOLDING ON TAXIWAY FOR TAKE-OFF CLEARANCE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N52033, Namer SNJ2: [Accident 19790708024941A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708024941A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA053), Jul 8, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N5035Y), Flushing, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5035Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19780729044459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780729044459I), Jul 29, 1978: Piper PA23250 (N5035Y), Groton, CT, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear.

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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