32.0835° N, 81.0998° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 6, 1981 · 15:00 local
Place
Savannah, GA
Airport
Grumman General
Phase of flight
Aerial Taxi To Tkof/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N74CR
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,860 total954 in this make and model62 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.
Nose gear collapsed when wheel contacted asphalt taxiway lip while taxiing from sod to hard surface.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN WHEEL CONTACTED ASPHALT TAXIWAY LIP WHILE TAXIING FROM SOD TO HARD SURFACE.