19990518032839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Crookston, MN · May 18, 1999

Date
May 18, 1999 · 13:45 local
Place
Crookston, MN
Airport
Crookston Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N98PF
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
123 total123 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During taxi, operator mis-judged distance of left wing and struck a rudder of another aircraft. Left wing strobe light was broken on operator's airplane and the rudder of the parked airplane sustained a wrinkled skin. Operator counseled on safety aspects of taxiing an airplane.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING TAXI, OPERATOR MIS-JUDGED DISTANCE OF LEFT WING AND STRUCK A RUDDER OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. LEFT WING STROBE LIGHT WAS BROKEN ON OPERATOR'S AIRPLANE AND THE RUDDER OF THE PARKED AIRPLANE SUSTAINED A WRINKLED SKIN. OPERATOR COUNSELED ON SAFETY ASPECTS OF TAXIING AN AIRPLANE.