# Incident 19961115039969I: Piper PA31350, Spokane, WA, November 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1996, 04:17 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3553F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3553F-2025-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 160 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/19961115039969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 AT SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON 11/15/96 AT APPROXIMATELY 1215Z. PILOT STATED THE WEATHER WAS ABOUT 2,500 OVERCAST, WITH 6+ MILES VISIBILITY. PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING WITH A NORMAL ROLLOUT AND PREPARED TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY AT INTERSECTION "FOXTROT" (F). PILOT STATED THAT HE BEGAN THE TURN WHERE HE THOUGHT THE TAXIWAY WAS, AND THEN REALIZED THAT HE TURNED PREMATURELY. AS HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY EDGE THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT, DAMAGING THE LIGHT AND ALL THREE BLADES OF THE LEFT ENGINE. POWER DURING THIS TAXI EVENT WAS NEAR IDLE. PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO PARKING, NOTED THE DISCREPANCY IN THE AIRCRAFT LOG, AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT THEN NOTIFIED THE TOWER, AND HIS COMPANY (AMERIFLIGHT).

## Other reports on N3553F (1)

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

- [Incident 19940104001709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940104001709I), Jan 4, 1994: Piper PA31350 (N3553F), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on January 4, 1994, at approximately 0625 PST, a Piper pa 31-350 registered to ameriflight, inc. 4700 empire ave., hangar 1, burbank, CA. 91505, was…

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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