# Incident 19981115045229I: Piper PA28161, Lafayette, IN, November 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N529PU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N529PU-2005-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981115045229I

## Narrative

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

(-5) WHILE TAXIING FROM THE HANGER 6 WEST AT THE PURDUE AIRPORT (LAF) THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE ANOTHER AIRCRAFT PARKED IN THE TIE DOWN AREA.

## Other reports on N529PU (1)

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

- [Incident 20011029028769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011029028769I), Oct 29, 2001: Piper PA28161 (N529PU), Beaver Falls, PA, Minor damage. (-23) In an interview with the pilot, kent e. blum, he stated that he departed bvi at approximately 11:30 local time enroute to elkhart in (ekm) and attempted…

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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