# Incident 19890829055239I: Piper PA24250, Phoenix, AZ, August 29, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1989, 09:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5897P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5897P-2017-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 5 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890829055239I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED BETWEEN PARKED AIRCRAFT AND POLE. STRUCK POLE WITH LEFT WING TIP.

## Other reports on N5897P (1)

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

- [Accident 20141128021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141128021549A), Nov 28, 2014: Piper PA-24-250 (N5897P), Berrien Springs, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed krid 11/28/2014 on an IFR clearance enroute to C20, approximately a one and one half hour flight. Pilot cancelled IFR clearance in the air…

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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