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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Gaithersburg, MD · January 11, 1994

Date: January 11, 1994 · 14:30 local
Place: Gaithersburg, MD
Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9476R
Reported as: Piper PA28161
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 280 total100 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N9476RRegistration cancelled Sep 11, 2020 · Piper PA-28-161S/N 28-7816649 · Built 1978 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: pilot had returned from local flight and re-fueled at fueling pump area. While taxiing to parking area aircraft struck fuel truck with left wing tip causing skin and possible spar damage. Fuel truck nozzle area also damaged. Pilot advised fuel truck was extending into taxiway by three feet. Thought there was enough room to clear truck on left and parked aircraft on right. Pilot mis-judged distance and struck fuel truck.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT HAD RETURNED FROM LOCAL FLIGHT AND RE-FUELED AT FUELING PUMP AREA. WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING AREA AIRCRAFT STRUCK FUEL TRUCK WITH LEFT WING TIP CAUSING SKIN AND POSSIBLE SPAR DAMAGE. FUEL TRUCK NOZZLE AREA ALSO DAMAGED. PILOT ADVISED FUEL TRUCK WAS EXTENDING INTO TAXIWAY BY THREE FEET. THOUGHT THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM TO CLEAR TRUCK ON LEFT AND PARKED AIRCRAFT ON RIGHT. PILOT MIS-JUDGED DISTANCE AND STRUCK FUEL TRUCK.

Other reports on N9476R · 1

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

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