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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gruman F4F-3 · Chicago/Aurora, IL · September 5, 1998

Date
September 5, 1998 · 09:39 local
Place
Chicago/Aurora, IL
Airport
Aurora Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N12260
Reported as
Gruman F4F3
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total120 in this make and model25 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.

(-5)Pilot stated he was reading his checklist while back taxiing after landing on runway 27. The pilot said he became distracted by the checklist and struck a parked aircraft, N66188, which was awaiting takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT STATED HE WAS READING HIS CHECKLIST WHILE BACK TAXIING AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27. THE PILOT SAID HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE CHECKLIST AND STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT, N66188, WHICH WAS AWAITING TAKEOFF.