19941212045289I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200T · Richmond, VA · December 12, 1994

Date
December 12, 1994 · 14:00 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Richmond International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BIEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9211K
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total160 in this make and model120 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.

Right prop struck taxi light taxiing for takeoff. Pilot mistook old taxiway. Failed follow yellow line.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT PROP STRUCK TAXI LIGHT TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT MISTOOK OLD TAXIWAY. FAILED FOLLOW YELLOW LINE.