# Incident 19880419028769I: Piper PA34200T, Newark, NJ, April 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1988, 21:18 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CDMA
- Location: 40.7242° N, 74.1726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7242&lon=-74.1726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4546L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4546L-2015-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880419028769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK A PARKED BAGGAGE CART WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP. DARK NIGHT, PILOT BECAME LOST WHILE TAXIING.

## Other reports on N4546L (2)

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

- [Accident 19950322018779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950322018779A), Mar 22, 1995: Piper PA34200 (N4546L), Boynton Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Hard landing on last third runway nose gear dug into turf runway and collapsed. Bounced. Landed folded left main.
- [Accident 19841029070429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841029070429A), Oct 29, 1984: Piper PA34200T (N4546L), Farmingdale, NJ, Substantial damage

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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