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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Philadelphia, PA · March 24, 1981

Date: March 24, 1981 · 03:10 local
Place: Philadelphia, PA
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: ATAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N63752
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total450 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N63752Registration cancelled Mar 11, 2020 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7754086 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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 helicopter dolly when pilot deviated from taxiway and taxied through a helicopter landing area.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HELICOPTER DOLLY WHEN PILOT DEVIATED FROM TAXIWAY AND TAXIED THROUGH A HELICOPTER LANDING AREA.