# Incident 19961203044699I: Piper PA32R300, Van Buren, AR, December 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Van Buren, AR
- Airport: Twin Cities Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4172° N, 94.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Twin Cities Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4172&lon=-94.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5942F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5942F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 921 total, 625 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961203044699I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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