# Incident 19870421019679I: Piper PA22, Aiken, SC, April 21, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1987, 20:05 local time
- Place: Aiken, SC
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5316° N, 81.7251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aiken, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5316&lon=-81.7251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1573P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 350 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870421019679I

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TRIPOD ON FINAL APPROACH, NO NOTAMS ISSUED CONCERNING USE OF TRIPOD BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL.

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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