# Incident 19980905043029I: Gruman F4F3, Chicago/Aurora, IL, September 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1998, 09:39 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12260, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman F4F-3 (registry code 3950507, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-f4f-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN F4F3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 120 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980905043029I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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