# Incident 19940111001299I: Piper PA28161, Gaithersburg, MD, January 11, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1994, 14:30 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9476R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9476R-2020-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940111001299I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20190606005999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190606005999A), Jun 6, 2019: Piper PA-28-161 (N9476R), Westminster, MD, Substantial damage. The pilot and instructor flew from gai to dmw. After multiple landings the instructor exited the aircraft and the pilot began solo flight. The instructor was…

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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