# Incident 19990501016579I: Piper PA28161, Chicago, IL, May 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Merrill C Meigs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9745C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9745C) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990501016579I

## Narrative

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

PIPER PA-28-161, N9475C, PILOTED BY PIC DANIEL BAKER, STRUCK A LIGHT POLE WHILE TAXIING AT CHICAGO MEIGS AIRPORT, CHICAGO, IL (CGX).

## Other reports on N9745C (3)

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

- [Incident 20011204035309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011204035309I), Dec 4, 2001: Piper PA28161 (N9745C), Rushville, IL, Minor damage. (-23) On student pilot's first solo cross country flight, he landed approximately 1/2 of the way down on runway 27. The aircraft exited the runway at the end…
- [Incident 20010206005269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010206005269I), Feb 6, 2001: Piper PA28161 (N9745C), Monmouth, IL, Minor damage. (-23)IGL1920010013 - on February 6, 2001, at approximately 1200 local time, N9745C, a PA-28, being operated by a student pilot on a cross-contry flight from…
- [Incident 19970716024709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970716024709I), Jul 16, 1997: Piper PA28161 (N9745C), Jacksonville, IL. Lost left wheel and tire on liftoff. Pilots unaware. Advised by ATC. Landed on grass. Replaced wheel and tire.

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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