# Incident 19781014030329I: Piper PA31, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, October 14, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1978, 10:30 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Harry S. Truman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7559L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7559L-2005-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 500 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/19781014030329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SCRAPED WING TIP ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD OF A PARKED AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N7559L (2)

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

- [Accident 19870214003329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870214003329A), Feb 14, 1987: Piper PA31310 (N7559L), Denver, CO. The aircraft taxied into soft ground after the pilot had blacked out. Medical certificate suspended.
- [Incident 19810807071389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810807071389I), Aug 7, 1981: Piper PA31 (N7559L), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Za #1 engine rough, returned shut down engine, left gear did not extend, left wing dragged,aircraft went off runway

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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