# Incident 19971023043529I: Piper PA34200T, Chicago/West Ch, IL, October 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1997
- Place: Chicago/West Ch, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N147FL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360EB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 412 total, 65 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971023043529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT INTENDED EARLY MORNING IFR 91 FLIGHT. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED IN UNFAMILIAR TARMAC SPOT. DURING TAXI, PILOT DID NOT SEE A DITCH BETWEEN HIS AIRCRAFT AND TAXIWAY DUE TO DARKNESS AND RAIN. PILOT MISJUDGED HIS POSITION, AND TAXIED THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR IN A DITCH CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROPELLER ON RIGHT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN. TWR CONTACTED ON INITIAL NOTIFICATION. AND AIRCRAFT TOWED TO RAMP FOR MAINTENANCE. COUNSELED AIRMAN ON TAXI PROCEDURES.

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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