19801106079059I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Endicott, NY · November 6, 1980

Date
November 6, 1980 · 06:30 local
Place
Endicott, NY
Airport
Tri City
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8685Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,600 total600 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.

Windshield frosted over restricting visibility while taxiing. Over ran end of taxiway struck cement drain.

As the FAA filed it

WINDSHIELD FROSTED OVER RESTRICTING VISIBILITY WHILE TAXIING. OVER RAN END OF TAXIWAY STRUCK CEMENT DRAIN.