42.9634° N, 85.6681° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 18, 1980 · 08:05 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Airport
Kent Co International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8094J
Reported as
Piper 600ASMITH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,150 total216 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.
Aircraft taxiied into parking area, struck fence with wing tip.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT TAXIIED INTO PARKING AREA, STRUCK FENCE WITH WING TIP.