42.2403° N, 83.5315° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 28, 1983 · 10:12 local
Place
Ypsilanti, MI
Airport
Willow Run
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5034T
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,493 total35 in this make and model340 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.
Struck a parked airplane while taxiing for takeoff. Was copying his IFR clearance while taxiing.
As the FAA filed it
STRUCK A PARKED AIRPLANE WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. WAS COPYING HIS IFR CLEARANCE WHILE TAXIING.