19851101067849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Chicago, IL · November 1, 1985

Date
November 1, 1985 · 19:45 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Chicago O Hare International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GLBA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3558S
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total200 in this make and model200 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 aircraft was struck by fuel pumping truck. Damage to radome and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY FUEL PUMPING TRUCK. DAMAGE TO RADOME AND PROPELLER.