# Accident 19910521021029A: Piper PA28161, West Addison, VT, May 21, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1991, 15:00 local time
- Place: West Addison, VT
- Airport: Yankee Kingdom Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1056° N, 73.3779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yankee Kingdom Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1056&lon=-73.3779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9163Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9163Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 348 total, 257 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910521021029A

## Narrative

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

WING TIP CAUGHT EDGE OF A BARN WHEN AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON GRASS WHILE TURNING ONTO RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC91LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA142), May 21, 1991: Piper PA-28 (N9163Z), Vergennes, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S EXCESSIVE TAXI SPEED, RESULTED IN AN ON GROUND LOSS OF CONTROL.

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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