19950430013999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-38-112 · Tampa, FL · April 30, 1995

Date
April 30, 1995 · 12:00 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
Vandenberg Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2427B
Reported as
Piper PA38112
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
345 total50 in this make and model5 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 distracted by passenger needing help with seatbelt. Wing hit vehicle shattered vehicles windshield.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI DISTRACTED BY PASSENGER NEEDING HELP WITH SEATBELT. WING HIT VEHICLE SHATTERED VEHICLES WINDSHIELD.