34.1867° N, 118.4490° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 14, 1979 · 16:45 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2946U
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total20 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 struck prop of parked aircraft with wing of his aircraft while taxiing.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STRUCK PROP OF PARKED AIRCRAFT WITH WING OF HIS AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING.