# Incident 19960902025569I: Piper PA34200T, Birmingham, AL, September 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1996, 21:45 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4573X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4573X-2008-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 125 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/19960902025569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N4573X LANDED RUNWAY 18 AND WAS GIVEN PROGRESSIVE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO AMR FBO VIA TAXI WAY ALPHA. AS ACFT. APPROACHED SW END OF ALPHA, WAS INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RUNWAY 5. AS PILOT CROSSED HE WAS ADVISED THAT AMR COMBS WAS IN FRONT/STRAIGHT AHEAD OF HIM. PILOT FAILED TO NOTICE THAT THE TAXIWAY TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND TAXIED INTO THE DITCH BETWEEN TAXI WAY HOTEL AND AMR RAMP.

## Other reports on N4573X (2)

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

- [Incident 19900611027189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900611027189I), Jun 11, 1990: Piper PA34200T (N4573X), Marietta, GA, Minor damage. Flames from left engine cowl on climb. Shut down and returned. Garlock on vacuum pump adapter failed.
- [Incident 19891125046679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891125046679I), Nov 25, 1989: Piper PA34200T (N4573X), Marietta, GA. Checking his static airplane in the dark the pilot struck his head on the propeller of the right engine.

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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