19881007067559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Fort Wayne, IN · October 7, 1988

Date
October 7, 1988 · 06:50 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
COMA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N347CA
Reported as
Saab SF340A
People aboard
17
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,080 total1,490 in this make and model273 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.

Left wing tip struck a parked aircraft while departing a gate. Only one dispatcher at the scene.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE DEPARTING A GATE. ONLY ONE DISPATCHER AT THE SCENE.