19961004034919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Beverly, MA · October 4, 1996

Date
October 4, 1996 · 19:10 local
Place
Beverly, MA
Airport
Beverly Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2149Z
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: struck 02 service cart with left wing tip due to parked a/c out of position. Pilot operator had to move of taxi guide line to the left in order to avoid the above parked aircraft and did not see the service cart in the shadows of the hangar. Damage is minor and confined to the wing tip fairing and about 18 to 24 inches of the leading edge of the wing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: STRUCK 02 SERVICE CART WITH LEFT WING TIP DUE TO PARKED A/C OUT OF POSITION. PILOT OPERATOR HAD TO MOVE OF TAXI GUIDE LINE TO THE LEFT IN ORDER TO AVOID THE ABOVE PARKED AIRCRAFT AND DID NOT SEE THE SERVICE CART IN THE SHADOWS OF THE HANGAR. DAMAGE IS MINOR AND CONFINED TO THE WING TIP FAIRING AND ABOUT 18 TO 24 INCHES OF THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING.