# Incident 19810104023659I: Piper PA23250, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, January 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1981, 17:50 local time
- Place: Isla Verde, Puerto Rico
- Airport: P R International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DWIA
- Location: 18.4480° N, 66.0166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Isla Verde, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4480&lon=-66.0166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123DW-2012-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 102 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/19810104023659I

## Narrative

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

FOLLOWING REFUELING PILOT TAXIED INTO REFUELING UNIT. CUT FUEL HOSE AND DAMAGED PROP.

## Other reports on N123DW (1)

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

- [Incident 19830529032619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830529032619I), May 29, 1983: Piper PA23250 (N123DW), Santa Isabela, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Aircraft loaded with marijuana was landed in a field and abandoned.

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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