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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Pittsburgh, PA · September 18, 1997

Date
September 18, 1997 · 14:40 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Allegheny County
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N340DE
Reported as
Cessna 340A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
810 total420 in this make and model65 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.

Narrative: the Cessna 340 was cleared to taxi to the departure runway when its vertical stabilizer tip contacted the trailing edge of a U.S. Army F-27 parked on the ramp. There was incidental damage to both aircraft. "Submission of the report closes this incident."

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE CESSNA 340 WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY WHEN ITS VERTICAL STABILIZER TIP CONTACTED THE TRAILING EDGE OF A U.S. ARMY F-27 PARKED ON THE RAMP. THERE WAS INCIDENTAL DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. "SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT."