19880514023369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper E-2 · Winston Salem, NC · May 14, 1988

Date: May 14, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place: Winston Salem, NC
Airport: Smith Reynolds
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N13177
Reported as: Piper E2
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total25 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N13177Registration cancelled Dec 31, 2022 · Piper E-2S/N 58 · Built 1933 Airframe modelPiper E-2 Engine modelContinental A40 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.

Lost directional control of aircraft while taxiing for takeoff. Aircraft struck a building. Aircraft had no brake.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BUILDING. AIRCRAFT HAD NO BRAKE.