# Incident 19960220006449I: Piper PA28181, Tampa, FL, February 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1996, 10:10 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Peter O Knight Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9154° N, 82.4494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER O KNIGHT (TPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4382N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4382N-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 476 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960220006449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE 5 EAST OF PETER O'KNIGHT, TAMPA APPROACH ASKED THE PILOT IF HE SAW THE AIRPORT. PETER O'KNIGHT AND THE PILOT AFFIRMED THAT HE DID. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PILOT SAW MACDILL AFB, ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND AND LANDED ON THE TAXIWAY OSCAR, A NORTH-SOUTH TAXIWAY. PILOT MISTOOK TAXIWAY OSCAR FOR RUNWAY 17-35 AT PETER O'KNIGHT.

## Other reports on N4382N (1)

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

- [Accident 19850616025829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850616025829A), Jun 16, 1985: Piper PA28181 (N4382N), Apple Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Engine failed due to fuel exhaustion on final. Landed short of runway.

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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