# Incident 19941219046129I: Piper PA28140, Groton - New Lo, CT, December 19, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1994, 17:40 local time
- Place: Groton - New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5766F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5766F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E3D (registry code 42127, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e3d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 120 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941219046129I

## Narrative

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

LANDING LIGHT WENT OUT DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY 33. ON RETURN TO RAMP TAXIED INTO A UNSEEN DITCH.LIGHT WAS BURNED OUT.

## Other reports on N5766F (1)

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

- [Incident 19930406011169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930406011169I), Apr 6, 1993: Piper PA28140 (N5766F), Tailsman, NY, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion on a crosscountry flight. Forced landing on beach.

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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