# Incident 19971014035719I: Piper PA24260, Atlantic City, NJ, October 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1997, 11:45 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9297P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9297P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,035 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971014035719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 14, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 HOURS, A PIPER PA-24-260, N9297P PILOTED BY MR. WILLIAM J. SAVORY, A PRIVATE PILOT, EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES WHILE PREPARING TO DEPART THE ACY RAMP FOR FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER ENGINE START HE REACHED INTO THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT FOR SOME CHARTS. AT THAT TIME FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD AND RAN INTO THE BACK (TAIL SECTION) OF ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT, N421KS. A CE-421-B CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PARKED AIRCRAFT, BUT ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO HIS AIRCRAFT. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE THE PARKING BRAKE SET AND HE FAILED TO MAINTAIN BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE TO AVOID AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN FILED. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9297P (2)

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

- [Incident 20110122000589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110122000589I), Jan 22, 2011: Piper PA-24-260 (N9297P), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. On 01-22-2011, at 13:15CST, the pilot of N9297P, a PA-24-260, serial number 24-4796 informed air traffic control he was going around after being cleared to…
- [Incident 19821008064809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821008064809I), Oct 8, 1982: Piper PA24250 (N9297P), New Cumberland, PA. Intermittent green gear down light. Verified gear down by tower. Landing normal. Broken wire on limit switch.

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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