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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Houston, TX · February 22, 1983

Date: February 22, 1983 · 20:45 local
Place: Houston, TX
Airport: Hobby
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6477L
Reported as: Piper PA31350
Reported engine: Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total1,150 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N6477LRegistration cancelled May 31, 2013 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31-439 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Struck the wing of N6716Z that was holding for takeoff while taxiing to the ramp. Pilot stated he did not see it.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK THE WING OF N6716Z THAT WAS HOLDING FOR TAKEOFF WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE IT.