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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Rock Springs, WY · September 28, 1994

Date
September 28, 1994 · 17:40 local
Place
Rock Springs, WY
Airport
Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8603W
Reported as
Piper PA28235
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,218 total3 in this make and model63 in the last 90 days

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.

During taxi for takeoff was distracted by tuning radios. Struck taxiway light and sign.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF WAS DISTRACTED BY TUNING RADIOS. STRUCK TAXIWAY LIGHT AND SIGN.