# Incident 19800123016639I: Bell 205A, Joliet, IL, January 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1980, 20:30 local time
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5250° N, 88.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joliet, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5250&lon=-88.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4846U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 205A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 50 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/19800123016639I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXING, PILOT MADE A 90 DEGREE TURN TO FOLLOW THE RAMP. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ICE, HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT.

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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