# Incident 19891125046679I: Piper PA34200T, Marietta, GA, November 25, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1989, 06:30 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mc Collum Field
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4573X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4573X-2008-11-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 225 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891125046679I

## Narrative

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

CHECKING HIS STATIC AIRPLANE IN THE DARK THE PILOT STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE PROPELLER OF THE RIGHT ENGINE.

## Other reports on N4573X (2)

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

- [Incident 19960902025569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960902025569I), Sep 2, 1996: Piper PA34200T (N4573X), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: N4573X landed runway 18 and was given progressive taxi instructions to amr FBO via taxi way alpha. As acft. Approached sw end of alpha, was…
- [Incident 19900611027189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900611027189I), Jun 11, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N4573X), Marietta, GA, Minor damage. Flames from left engine cowl on climb. Shut down and returned. Garlock on vacuum pump adapter failed.

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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