# Incident 19960513018069I: Piper PA28181, Utica, MI, May 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1996, 22:30 local time
- Place: Utica, MI
- Airport: Berz-Macomb Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6639° N, 82.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Berz-Macomb Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6639&lon=-82.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2834T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2834T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 236 total, 236 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960513018069I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING NORTH ON RAMP IN FRONT OF TERMINAL BUILDING, TO TAKE TAXIWAY AND USE RUNWAY 22, WHEN IT WENT INTO A DITCH. AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET TOO FAR RIGHT FROM THE EDGE OF THE ACCESS BETWEEN THE RAMP AND TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR FORK AND ENGINE BOTTOM COWLING. AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIR NAVIGATION. NO PERSON MAY OPERATE AN AIRCRAFT IN A CARELESS OR RECKLESS MANNER SO AS TO ENDANGER THE LIFE OR PROPERTY OF ANOTHER.

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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