# Incident 19970213016479I: Piper PA38112, Little Rock, AR, February 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1997, 04:15 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23800, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23800) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 75 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970213016479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 13, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0415, A PA-38-112, REGISTERED TO STEVE TRIMMER, N23800, HAD LANDED IN A SNOW STORM AND WAS TAXIING TO THE FBO WHEN THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY TAXIED OFF THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE GROUND. THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND REQUESTED THE AIRCRAFT BE TOWED TO PARKING. NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OCCURED. MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE PROP. THIS INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N23800 (1)

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

- [Incident 19821118066459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821118066459I), Nov 18, 1982: Piper PA38112 (N23800), Terre Haute, IN, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed when student landed. Damage believed to be from previous hard landings.

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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