37.4611° N, 122.1150° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 28, 1983 · 13:15 local
Place
Palo Alto, CA
Airport
Palo Alto
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4070H
Reported as
Wthrly 201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A3B6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,550 total21 in this make and model4 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 tip struck a parked aircraft when pilot tried to reverse course from a dead end taxiway.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHEN PILOT TRIED TO REVERSE COURSE FROM A DEAD END TAXIWAY.