# Incident 19780706042519I: Piper PA24, Whiteriver, AZ, July 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1978, 17:45 local time
- Place: Whiteriver, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8398° N, 109.9608° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whiteriver, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8398&lon=-109.9608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6290P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6290P-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780706042519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIIED INTO A VEHICLE MOVING IN THE TIE DOWN AREA. HIS VISION WAS OBSCURED BY THE LOW SUN.

## Other reports on N6290P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870314005969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870314005969A), Mar 14, 1987: Piper PA24250 (N6290P), Meridian, MS, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion. The aircraft struck trees on landing. Pilot failed to check fuel.

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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