30.2241° N, 92.0198° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 11, 1983 · 17:03 local
Place
Lafayette, LA
Airport
Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N517T
Reported as
Frchld F27J
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,700 total1,023 in this make and model39 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.
Left wing struck a parked aircraft while taxiing in from the runway to the company hangar.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT WING STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING IN FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE COMPANY HANGAR.