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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Ann Arbor, MI · March 19, 1988

Date
March 19, 1988 · 11:35 local
Place
Ann Arbor, MI
Airport
Ann Arbor Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3444N
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total150 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot and fuel truck cleared to taxi in opposite directions. Actually zero clearance. Left wing tip touched truck.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AND FUEL TRUCK CLEARED TO TAXI IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. ACTUALLY ZERO CLEARANCE. LEFT WING TIP TOUCHED TRUCK.