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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Harrisburg, PA · June 2, 1988

Date
June 2, 1988 · 20:15 local
Place
Harrisburg, PA
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N16487
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,125 total400 in this make and model44 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.

Aircraft propeller struck a taxiway light while taxiing for takeoff. Taxiway lights turned on after incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. TAXIWAY LIGHTS TURNED ON AFTER INCIDENT.