# Incident 19960705028179I: Piper PA32300, Haines, AK, July 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1996, 19:30 local time
- Place: Haines, AK
- Airport: Haines Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FGHA
- Location: 59.2438° N, 135.5235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAINES (HNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2438&lon=-135.5235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8991N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8991N-2018-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960705028179I

## Narrative

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

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 19980918025569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918025569I), Sep 18, 1998: Piper PA32300 (N8991N), Haines, AK, Minor damage. Acft 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…

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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