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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · State College, PA · September 23, 1988

Date: September 23, 1988 · 12:30 local
Place: State College, PA
Airport: University Park
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N100HM
Reported as: Cessna 340A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total2,000 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N100HMRegistered now · Cessna 340AS/N 340A-0559 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 340A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 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.

Hit wing tip of parked aircraft with rudder while taxiing to park. Both rudder and wing tip damaged.

As the FAA filed it

HIT WING TIP OF PARKED AIRCRAFT WITH RUDDER WHILE TAXIING TO PARK. BOTH RUDDER AND WING TIP DAMAGED.