27.6556° N, 80.4180° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 25, 1989 · 10:00 local
Place
Vero Beach, FL
Airport
Vero Beach Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N885TR
Reported as
Beech 35C33
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total26 in this make and model26 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.
Pilot taxied across grass instead of taxiway. Hit a parked aircraft and damaged its rudder.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TAXIED ACROSS GRASS INSTEAD OF TAXIWAY. HIT A PARKED AIRCRAFT AND DAMAGED ITS RUDDER.