# Incident 19970815040949I: Piper PA32RT300T, Washington, DC, August 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1997, 16:20 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Dulles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22217, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22217-2014-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,246 total, 30 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/19970815040949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT TAXIING WEST BOUND WHEN TUG TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND CROSSED IN FRONT. PILOT STEERED TO RIGHT WHILE BRAKING, HIT TUG WITH LEFT WING. TUG DRIVER WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING. TUG DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

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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