19831026068609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Bethel, AK · October 26, 1983

Date
October 26, 1983 · 17:00 local
Place
Bethel, AK
Airport
Bethel
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NISA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4695E
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,250 total100 in this make and model300 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.

While taxiing to park the right wing struck a parked aircraft. Bright sunlight and glare a possible factor.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING TO PARK THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT. BRIGHT SUNLIGHT AND GLARE A POSSIBLE FACTOR.