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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7GCBC · West Chicago, IL · November 17, 1980

Date: November 17, 1980 · 12:50 local
Place: West Chicago, IL
Airport: Dupage
Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N90996
Reported as: Bbavia 7GCBC
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total700 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N90996Registered now · Bellanca 7GCBCS/N 443-73 · Built 1973 Airframe modelBellanca 7GCBC Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot concentrating on clearing a parked airplane collided with a fuel island in front of him

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONCENTRATING ON CLEARING A PARKED AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A FUEL ISLAND IN FRONT OF HIM