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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180T · Ogden, UT · March 21, 1988

Date
March 21, 1988 · 20:30 local
Place
Ogden, UT
Airport
Ogden Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81773
Reported as
Piper PA44180T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total15 in this make and model20 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.

Aircraft received minor damage when pilot became disoriented and taxied between taxi lights. Prop hit runway sign.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AND TAXIED BETWEEN TAXI LIGHTS. PROP HIT RUNWAY SIGN.