# Incident 19781017032959I: Piper PA28236, Grosse Ile, MI, October 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1978, 21:00 local time
- Place: Grosse Ile, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1292° N, 83.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grosse Ile, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1292&lon=-83.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2139B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2139B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1 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/19781017032959I

## Narrative

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

DUE TO A LATE TAXI TURN, THE PILOT SWUNG ONTO THE GRASS, HIT AN UNLIT CEMENT PEDESTAL, SHEARED OFF ONE MAIN.

## Other reports on N2139B (1)

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

- [Incident 19941024035889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941024035889I), Oct 24, 1994: Piper PA28236 (N2139B), Oakley, KS, Substantial damage. Started engine by hand propping. Aircraft struck fence grain auger before stopping. No flight intended per FAA.

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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