42.2403° N, 83.5315° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 20, 1982 · 12:50 local
Place
Ypsilanti, MI
Airport
Willow Run
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6315M
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23 total21 in this make and model19 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.
Student pilot misunderstood orders, taxied on wrong runway into a snowbank.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT PILOT MISUNDERSTOOD ORDERS, TAXIED ON WRONG RUNWAY INTO A SNOWBANK.