# Incident 19920515019259I: Piper PA23250, Sidney, NY, May 15, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1992, 11:45 local time
- Place: Sidney, NY
- Airport: Sidney Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3026° N, 75.4160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIDNEY MUNI (N23), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3026&lon=-75.4160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6687Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6687Y-1996-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,680 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920515019259I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING TO TIE DOWN PILOT MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND WING TIP HIT TAIL LIGHT OF PARKED BUS.

## Other reports on N6687Y (2)

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

- [Accident 19951206044699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951206044699A), Dec 6, 1995: Piper PA23250 (N6687Y), Laupahoehoe, HI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into trees on mountain on a 5HR flight from mainland. Auto pilot on. No anomalies. Possible fatigue, sleep.
- [Incident 19901126057899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901126057899I), Nov 26, 1990: Piper PA23250 (N6687Y), Lancaster, PA. Pilot turned heater fuel control valve on and noticed fuel coming into cockpit. Precautionary landing.

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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