# Incident 19961127042089I: Piper PA20, Vermlillion, SD, November 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Vermlillion, SD
- Airport: Harold Davidson Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7653° N, 96.9343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAROLD DAVIDSON FLD (VMR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7653&lon=-96.9343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7660K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7660K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961127042089I

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED. ENGINE STARTED. PLANE SLID ACROSS RAMP INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT. FAILED TO PROPERLY SECURE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N7660K (1)

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

- [Incident 19910524028319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910524028319I), May 24, 1991: Piper PA20 (N7660K), St Joseph, MO. VFR pilot became lost when encountered weather. Saw airport and landed. Did not realize he was inside tca.

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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