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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Univar 108-2 · Chicago, IL · May 3, 1981

Date
May 3, 1981 · 11:50 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Dupage
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9545K
Reported as
Univar 1082
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total120 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.

Wind gust during taxi blew tail 90 degrees. Prop and cowling struck sign near taxiway.

As the FAA filed it

WIND GUST DURING TAXI BLEW TAIL 90 DEGREES. PROP AND COWLING STRUCK SIGN NEAR TAXIWAY.