19940129002389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA24 · Fullerton, CA · January 29, 1994

Date: January 29, 1994 · 14:15 local
Place: Fullerton, CA
Airport: Fullerton Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9063P
Reported as: Piper PA24
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 557 total190 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N9063PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260S/N 24-4530 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Narrative: pilot was taxiing from runway 24 toward transient parking when he noticed a lake amphibian extending about nine feet beyond the parking tiedown. Pilot attempted to taxi past the lake, but decided that there was not enough space as he came close to it. He shut down his engine and got out to move his aircraft by hand. He then noticed that his right wingtip had already contacted the lake. This report is closed

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS TAXIING FROM RUNWAY 24 TOWARD TRANSIENT PARKING WHEN HE NOTICED A LAKE AMPHIBIAN EXTENDING ABOUT NINE FEET BEYOND THE PARKING TIEDOWN. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI PAST THE LAKE, BUT DECIDED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SPACE AS HE CAME CLOSE TO IT. HE SHUT DOWN HIS ENGINE AND GOT OUT TO MOVE HIS AIRCRAFT BY HAND. HE THEN NOTICED THAT HIS RIGHT WINGTIP HAD ALREADY CONTACTED THE LAKE. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED