# Incident 19950125004199I: Piper PA31T, Oklahoma City, OK, January 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1995, 18:10 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Will Rogers World
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4676° N, 97.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oklahoma City, OK, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4676&lon=-97.5164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17TU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17TU-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 350 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950125004199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO R17R, ON A NIGHT/VFR FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT EXITED RAMP AREA AND ENTERED POORLY LIT AND POORLY MARKED CLOSED AREA OF TAXIWAY 11A" AT OKC AIRPORT. THE CLOSED TAXIWAY AREA IS MARKED ONLY BY 3 MARKERS CONSISTING OF 12" HIGH, 2" DIAMETER PVC PIPE WITH REFLECTOR TAPE. THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED HAS A SINGLE TAXI LIGHT, AND DUE TO PROJECTED BEAM, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO SEE MARKERS. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK A MARKER BEFORE THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO STOP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDAMAGED AND PROCEEDED ON ITS PLANNED FLIGHT AFTER SATISFACTORY INSPECTION. ATC TOWER PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE AREA IN QUESTION IS POORLY LIT AND MARKED. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N17TU (1)

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

- [Incident 20100615034919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100615034919I), Jun 15, 2010: Piper PA-31T (N17TU), Sioux City, IA, Minor damage. On June 15, 2010, at approximately 08:04 CDT, a Piper (PA-31T) landed gear up on runway 031 at the Sioux City, IA airport (sux). The aircraft departed sheldon,…

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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