# Incident 19930724025559I: Piper PA28140, Middletown, DE, July 24, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1993, 11:20 local time
- Place: Middletown, DE
- Airport: Summit Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4417° N, 75.7174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4417&lon=-75.7174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6842W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6842W-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total, 18 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930724025559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED ENGINE AT FULL POWER. AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD. STRUCK A HANGER AND PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6842W (1)

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

- [Accident 20150329004949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150329004949A), Mar 29, 2015: Piper PA-28-140 (N6842W), West Chester, PA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On 29 March 2015, at approximately 1334 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Piper model PA28-140, registration number N6842W impacted the terrain shortly after…

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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