# Incident 19790120002389I: Piper PA28160, Hartford, CT, January 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Brainard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7659° N, 72.6816° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hartford, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7659&lon=-72.6816&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5695W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5695W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 12 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/19790120002389I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5695W (2)

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

- [Incident 19810819060739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810819060739I), Aug 19, 1981: Piper PA28160 (N5695W), Hartford, CT, Minor damage. Pilot making touch and go landings aircraft bounced. Damaged propeller.
- [Incident 19780419012929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780419012929I), Apr 19, 1978: Piper PA28160 (N5695W), New Cumberland, PA. Lost radio communication and circled field until given green light to land.

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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