19861009056719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper J3C-65 · Hillsboro, OR · October 9, 1986

Date: October 9, 1986 · 11:45 local
Place: Hillsboro, OR
Airport: Hillsboro
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N24556
Reported as: Piper J3C65
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 920 total44 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

N24556Registered now · Piper J3C-65S/N 3820 Airframe modelPiper J3C-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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.

Taxiing aircraft struck parked helicopter. Wing struck mast causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

TAXIING AIRCRAFT STRUCK PARKED HELICOPTER. WING STRUCK MAST CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.