# Incident 19870211015149I: Piper PA42, Dyersburg, TN, February 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1987, 09:19 local time
- Place: Dyersburg, TN
- Airport: Dyersburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9980° N, 89.4066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DYERSBURG RGNL (DYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9980&lon=-89.4066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5SY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5SY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-42 (registry code 7104202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870211015149I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO THE PROPELLER OF N2127R. THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A THIRD AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME.

## Other reports on N5SY (1)

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

- [Incident 20081010849629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081010849629I), Oct 10, 2008: Piper PA42 (N5SY), Charlottesvill, VA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] as PIC of N5SY, landed on runway 3 after completing the ILS to runway 3. Although the weather was 100 ft with 1/4 mile visibility…

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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