40.0421° N, 76.3010° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 2, 1981 · 07:20 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8576M
Reported as
Beech P35BEECH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
235 total135 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.
Left airplane tied down with engine running. Tie down came loose. Airplane collided with parked airplane.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT AIRPLANE TIED DOWN WITH ENGINE RUNNING. TIE DOWN CAME LOOSE. AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH PARKED AIRPLANE.