19811020075329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC-6-300 · St Louis, MO · October 20, 1981

Date
October 20, 1981 · 13:40 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AILA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123SL
Reported as
Dhav DHC6300
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,450 in this make and model237 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.

The wing tip struck a parked aircraft while taxiing. The only damage was to the fiberglass wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

THE WING TIP STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING. THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE FIBERGLASS WING TIP.