32.4487° N, 99.7331° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
December 28, 1980 · 19:47 local
Place
Abilene, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N30208
Reported as
Cessna 172
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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 struck a taxi sign while taxiing on unlighted taxiway.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXI SIGN WHILE TAXIING ON UNLIGHTED TAXIWAY.