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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Buffalo, NY · February 25, 1980

Date: February 25, 1980 · 17:30 local
Place: Buffalo, NY
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4485T
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 65 total65 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4485TRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7225161 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Jet blast lifted aircraft off ramp. Damage to right aileron when it fell back to ramp. Not tied down.

As the FAA filed it

JET BLAST LIFTED AIRCRAFT OFF RAMP. DAMAGE TO RIGHT AILERON WHEN IT FELL BACK TO RAMP. NOT TIED DOWN.