19861004079589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31T1 · Phoenix, AZ · October 4, 1986

Date
October 4, 1986 · 18:10 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9270Y
Reported as
Piper PA31T1
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total66 in this make and model81 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During taxi operation into sunset, the right propeller struck a misplaced barrier.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI OPERATION INTO SUNSET, THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK A MISPLACED BARRIER.