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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Fresno, CA · May 8, 1993

Date: May 8, 1993 · 12:50 local
Place: Fresno, CA
Airport: Fresno-Chandler Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N54DL
Reported as: Piper PA28181
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total140 in this make and model

N54DLRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7690213 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot hit a parked aircraft while taxiing for departure. Did not pay attention to ground director.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HIT A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE. DID NOT PAY ATTENTION TO GROUND DIRECTOR.