42.8527° N, 73.9296° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SCHENECTADY COUNTY (SCH), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 16, 1987 · 17:00 local
Place
Schenectady, NY
Airport
Schenectady County
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Midair collision, first aircraft
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7214E
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total1,700 in this make and model40 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 past an aircraft which stopped to allow passage the left wingtips collided.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE TAXIING PAST AN AIRCRAFT WHICH STOPPED TO ALLOW PASSAGE THE LEFT WINGTIPS COLLIDED.