# Incident 19970415009569I: Piper PA34200T, Hayward, CA, April 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Airport: Hayward Air Terminal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6688° N, 122.0808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayward, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6688&lon=-122.0808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7273F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7273F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 900 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970415009569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 PDT ON APRIL 15, 1997, AIRMAN RING WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI HIS AIRCRAFT TO AN AVIATION BUSINESS UNKNOWN TO HIM ON THE FIELD. AFTER SEVERAL TAXIING DIRECTIONAL CHANGES DAVID RING'S AIRCRAFT COLLIDED INTO CONCRETE POSTS THAT PROTECTED A FIRE HYDRANT IN AN UNCONTROLLED AREA ON THE FIELD.

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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