# Incident 19970624029859I: Piper PA32300, Kodiak, AK, June 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1997, 11:20 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Kodiak Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 57.7498° N, 152.4939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KODIAK (ADQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7498&lon=-152.4939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8677N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8677N) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970624029859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: TAXIED INTO A FORK LIFT TRUCK THAT WAS LEFT ON AN ACTIVE TAXIWAY. PILOT DID NOT SEE DUE TO NOSE ATTITUDE AND DRIVER RUNNING AWAY FROM FORK LIFT. TAXIED INTO FORK LIFT. COUNCELLED PILOT.

## Other reports on N8677N (1)

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

- [Incident 20220206001469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220206001469I), Feb 6, 2022: Piper PA-32-300 (N8677N), Minor damage. Pilot took off from U42 heading north. Pilot then turned west. Due to conflicting traffic, pilot continued 2 miles farther north than normal. Pilot increased…

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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