# Incident 19840130009222I: Piper PA34200, Vancouver, WA, January 30, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1984, 07:45 local time
- Place: Vancouver, WA
- Airport: Pearson Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 45.6387° N, 122.6615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vancouver, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6387&lon=-122.6615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16333, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16333-2012-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 300 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840130009222I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PARKED WITH ENGINES PROPELLOR ROTATING. WING TIP OF A TAXIING AIRCRAFT N272MA STRUCK ROTATING PROPELLER.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N272MA, Piper PA31: [Incident 19840130009221I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840130009221I)

## Other reports on N16333 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840209003659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840209003659A), Feb 9, 1984: Piper PA34200 (N16333), Burns, OR, Substantial damage. Noise on gear retraction. Came back to land. Right main gear collapsed. Truss link assembly failed in overload.

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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