# Incident 19970218014429I: Piper PA32300, Phoenix, AZ, February 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1997, 08:30 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CUQA
- Location: 33.4343° N, 112.0116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL (PHX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4343&lon=-112.0116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15316, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970218014429I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 18, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 MST, A PIPER PA32-300, N15316, PILOTED BY DAVE A SIGNORELLI, WHILE TAXIING INTO THE RAMP AREA AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT, PHOENIX, AZ, STRUCK A CARGO CONTAINER. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS MANEUVERING BETWEEN TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY HIT A CARGO CONTAINER WITH THE LEFT WING TIP. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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