41.3899° N, 70.5197° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgartown, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 29, 1984 · 13:25 local
Place
Edgartown, MA
Airport
Katama
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7397U
Reported as
Cessna 172
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
99 total12 in this make and model31 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 wing tip of parked aircraft while taxing for takeoff.
As the FAA filed it
STRUCK WING TIP OF PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXING FOR TAKEOFF.