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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Temecula, CA · May 12, 1996

Date
May 12, 1996 · 10:40 local
Place
Temecula, CA
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N131TV
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total130 in this make and model60 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.

Narrative: pilot was taxiing for take off on a local flight. Taxiway closure was notamed but barricades were moved so he chose to use taxiway rather than back taxi. The taxiway narrowed by approx. 4 ft at the end causing offset barricades to be closer to wing tip. Left wing tip struck a barricade on the edge of the taxiway. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKE OFF ON A LOCAL FLIGHT. TAXIWAY CLOSURE WAS NOTAMED BUT BARRICADES WERE MOVED SO HE CHOSE TO USE TAXIWAY RATHER THAN BACK TAXI. THE TAXIWAY NARROWED BY APPROX. 4 FT AT THE END CAUSING OFFSET BARRICADES TO BE CLOSER TO WING TIP. LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A BARRICADE ON THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.