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CHI83LA199

1983-05-04 · DETROIT, Michigan, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport DET

N821BE has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-28-161, built 1978), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED ACFT WHILE PARKING. THE TAIL OF THE MOVING BEECHCRAFT WAS DAMAGED SUBSTANTIALLY. DAMAGE TO THE PARKED ACFT WAS MINOR. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT A LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_CHI83LA199.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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