19911208060799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-310 · Atlantic City, NJ · December 8, 1991

Date
December 8, 1991 · 15:40 local
Place
Atlantic City, NJ
Airport
Atlantic City International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FOWR
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9203Y
Reported as
Piper PA31310
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total

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.

With signalman on both wing tips pilot struck a tug. Signalman lost eye contact with pilot.

As the FAA filed it

WITH SIGNALMAN ON BOTH WING TIPS PILOT STRUCK A TUG. SIGNALMAN LOST EYE CONTACT WITH PILOT.