# Incident 19971208042879I: Piper PA28181, Lexington, KY, December 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1997, 19:34 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IJCA
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22204, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 15 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971208042879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 1934 EST ON DECEMBER 8, 1997, A PIPER PA-28-181, N22204, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT THE LEXINGTON BLUEGRASS AIRPORT, LEXINGTON, KY. THE AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM A RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED TO EITHER PILOT OR INSTRUCTOR. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 141. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND ATC CLEARANCE WAS RECEIVED FOR THE LOCAL LEXINGTON AIRPORT. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE MARGINAL VFR IN NATURE WITH LIGHT SNOW AND FOG. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BOTH AIRMEN BELIEVED THAT WHEN THEY TAXIED OUT ONTO RUNWAY 4 AT LEXINGTON THAT THEY WERE ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE LIGHTS. HOWEVER, THEY REALIZED THAT AFTER THE TAKEOFF ROLL THAT THEY HAD MISTAKENLY ALIGHTED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RIGHT SIDE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS THUS, COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS.

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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