39.9289° N, 83.7942° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, OH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 19, 1981 · 14:45 local
Place
Springfield, OH
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N36499
Reported as
Piper PA32*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,600 total5 in this make and model20 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.
Pilot taxiing aircraft on sod encountered concrete surface higher than sod. Nose dipped propeller struck concrete.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TAXIING AIRCRAFT ON SOD ENCOUNTERED CONCRETE SURFACE HIGHER THAN SOD. NOSE DIPPED PROPELLER STRUCK CONCRETE.