19851208065109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28RT201T · Aurora, CO · December 8, 1985

Date
December 8, 1985 · 13:00 local
Place
Aurora, CO
Airport
Centennial
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3755Q
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,385 total1,385 in this make and model17 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.

Taxied aircraft off yellow line for traffic to pass. Followed white line on service road. Wingtip struck a fence.

As the FAA filed it

TAXIED AIRCRAFT OFF YELLOW LINE FOR TRAFFIC TO PASS. FOLLOWED WHITE LINE ON SERVICE ROAD. WINGTIP STRUCK A FENCE.