# Incident 19940722031449I: Piper PA23250, Glens Falls, NY, July 22, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1994, 16:30 local time
- Place: Glens Falls, NY
- Airport: Warren County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IGZA
- Location: 43.3112° N, 73.6453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glens Falls, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3112&lon=-73.6453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14282, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14282-2022-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940722031449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. STURN ATTEMPTED TO OPERATE THIS AIRPLANE WITHOUT A PILOT CERTIFICATE AND WHILE CARRYING FIVE PASSENGERS ONBOARD. ADDITIONALLY, HE DID NOT HAVE THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER TO OPERATE THE AIRPLANE. AFTER STARTING ONE ENGINE, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TURNING RAPIDLY IN CIRCLES, STRIKING A FENCE AND DAMAGING ONE WING TIP. MR. STURN THEN STARTED THE OTHER ENGINE BUT STOPPED FURTHER MOVEMENT WHEN EMPLOYEES OF THE FBO ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT. HE WAS THEN ASKED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES AND COME INTO THE BFO OFFICE WITH WHICH HE COMPLIED. THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARRIVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND MR. STURN WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE GRAND LARCENY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N14282 (1)

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

- [Incident 20020125001519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020125001519I), Jan 25, 2002: Piper PA23250 (N14282), Schenectady, NY, Minor damage. (-23) Airplane sustained damage to right propeller, right nose gear door and right wingtip when it departed the south side of taxiway "d" and struck a taxiway…

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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