# Incident 19910913049759I: Piper PA30, Memphis, TN, September 13, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1991, 20:45 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8217Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8217Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910913049759I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TAXIED OFF RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N8217Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19960814029449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960814029449I), Aug 14, 1996: Piper PA30 (N8217Y), Millington, TN, Minor damage. Narrative: on August 15, 1996, I arrived at the Millington airport at approximately 1240 local time. Upon entering the maintenance hangar, I found Piper…

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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