# Incident 19880324055809I: Swrngn SA227AC, Fort Wayne, IN, March 24, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1988, 19:30 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3110J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 176 in this make and model, 214 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880324055809I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT HIT TAXIWAY REFLECTOR LIGHTS WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. GAVE WAY TO ONCOMING AIRCRAFT. TURNED TAXI LIGHTS OFF.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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