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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Haines, AK · July 5, 1996

Date: July 5, 1996 · 19:30 local
Place: Haines, AK
Airport: Haines Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: FGHA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8991N
Reported as: Piper PA32300
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total150 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N8991NRegistration cancelled Feb 23, 2018 · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-40874 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while taxiing in to park at the fuel pumps and maneuvering in tight quarters unable to s-turn. My attention was diverted to a car parked off my wingtip-while clearing the car on the wingtip and starting my turn to the fuel pumps I struck a low compact car which I was unable to see over the nose. I had cleared the area while I was further out, but had failed to see the compact car which was parked in the same direction as the cars on the outside of the fence.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING IN TO PARK AT THE FUEL PUMPS AND MANEUVERING IN TIGHT QUARTERS UNABLE TO S-TURN. MY ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED TO A CAR PARKED OFF MY WINGTIP-WHILE CLEARING THE CAR ON THE WINGTIP AND STARTING MY TURN TO THE FUEL PUMPS I STRUCK A LOW COMPACT CAR WHICH I WAS UNABLE TO SEE OVER THE NOSE. I HAD CLEARED THE AREA WHILE I WAS FURTHER OUT, BUT HAD FAILED TO SEE THE COMPACT CAR WHICH WAS PARKED IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE CARS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE.

Other reports on N8991N · 1

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

Incident 19980918025569IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Haines, AKAcft was involved in a collision on ramp and sustained substantial damage. (-5)0600 a - first flight, dark and hazy. Taxying from ramp to runway access. Ran into parked aircraft in ramp tie-down area.Sep 18, 1998 · Minor damage