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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Chicago, IL · August 15, 1983

Date
August 15, 1983 · 21:35 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Midway
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8440F
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total900 in this make and model65 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.

Wing tip struck an unlighted disabled aircraft on a taxiway while taxiing to ramp. Pilot was not advised of hazard.

As the FAA filed it

WING TIP STRUCK AN UNLIGHTED DISABLED AIRCRAFT ON A TAXIWAY WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. PILOT WAS NOT ADVISED OF HAZARD.

Other reports on N8440F · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.