19961203044699I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Van Buren, AR · December 3, 1996

Date: December 3, 1996 · 11:30 local
Place: Van Buren, AR
Airport: Twin Cities Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5942F
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 921 total625 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

N5942FRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7780022 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Narrative: as the aircraft taxied across a slumped area in the ramp at 39A, prop tips contacted pavement slightly. (Slumped area runs across ramp, and is approximately 6 inches deep, as if support has been washed out from under ramp pavement). The following actions were taken to prevent recurrence: 1. Expressed need to repair ramp with the manager of 39A. 2 contacted john knight, director of Arkansas dept. Of aeronautics,and informed him of the condition of 39A, which is an unfunded private airport in receivership.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AS THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED ACROSS A SLUMPED AREA IN THE RAMP AT 39A, PROP TIPS CONTACTED PAVEMENT SLIGHTLY. (SLUMPED AREA RUNS ACROSS RAMP, AND IS APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES DEEP, AS IF SUPPORT HAS BEEN WASHED OUT FROM UNDER RAMP PAVEMENT). THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WERE TAKEN TO PREVENT RECURRENCE: 1. EXPRESSED NEED TO REPAIR RAMP WITH THE MANAGER OF 39A. 2 CONTACTED JOHN KNIGHT, DIRECTOR OF ARKANSAS DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS,AND INFORMED HIM OF THE CONDITION OF 39A, WHICH IS AN UNFUNDED PRIVATE AIRPORT IN RECEIVERSHIP.