# Incident 19960422011249I: Piper PA31T1, Wilmington, NC, April 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 1996, 11:21 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: New Hanover County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N480CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N480CA-2004-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960422011249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED BY A DEPARTING C141 AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED INTO A PARKED CRASH/RESCUE TRUCK. THE RIGHT HAND WING TIP TANK WENT THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW OF THE TRUCK CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.

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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