# Incident 19940312009759I: Piper PA32RT300T, Reno, NV, March 12, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1994, 14:30 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6682° N, 119.8764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENO/STEAD (RTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6682&lon=-119.8764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39526, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39526) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 130 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940312009759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 12, 1994, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 PST, MR. GREGORY L. HERZOG, HOLDER OF PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 548297322, ACTED AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF PIPER PA32, N39526, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 08 AT THE RENO-STEAD (4SD) AIRPORT, RENO, NEVADA. ACCORDING TO MR. HERZOG, HE WAS ACCELERATING N39526 FOR TAKEOFF WHEN HE OBSERVED AN OBJECT NEAR THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. MR. HERZOG INDICATED HE ATTEMPTED TO VEER THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT AND ABORT THE TAKEOFF WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE OBJECT. N39526 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE OBJECT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED AS A WHEEL CHOCK WHICH DROPPED FROM A BOEING 727. PATRIOT AIRLINES, INC., MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE PERFORMING AN ENGINE CHECK ON THE BOEING 727 AND THE CHOCKS WERE IMPROPERLY PLACED ON A MAIN GEAR DOOR. PATRIOT AIRLINES IS STORING THE BOEING 727 FOR BANK OF AMERICA. THE PIPER AIRPLANE WAS NOT ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE BOEING 727 WAS NOT BEING OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FLIGHT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVAITION REPORT FORM 8020-17.

## Other reports on N39526 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960209004099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960209004099I), Feb 9, 1996: Piper PA32RT300T (N39526), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02 feb. 96 at approximately 1730L, while on final approach to rwy 34R at Reno/tahoe international airport, a PA-32RT-300T piloted by gregory…

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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