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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-301 · Karluk, AK · April 12, 1997

Date
April 12, 1997 · 17:18 local
Place
Karluk, AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PNSA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8402S
Reported as
Piper PA32301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total350 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: while turning around in a narrow parking area the wing tip contacted the ground handler's pickup window. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE TURNING AROUND IN A NARROW PARKING AREA THE WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND HANDLER'S PICKUP WINDOW. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^

Other reports on N8402S · 4

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