# Incident 19960723027379I: Piper PA28151, Ontario, CA, July 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1996, 21:50 local time
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Airport: Ontario International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0560° N, 117.6012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ONTARIO INTL (ONT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0560&lon=-117.6012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8567C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8567C-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 239 total, 238 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960723027379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE TAXIING FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY TO PARKING, AIRMAN BECAME DISORIENTED AND TAXIED INTO A LIGHT POLE. INCIDENT OCCURRED DURING DARKNESS, AIRMAN STATED THAT LANDING LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. AIRMAN IS MEDICALLY RESTRICTED FROM NIGHT FLYING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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