# Incident 19990518032839I: Piper PA28161, Crookston, MN, May 18, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1999, 13:45 local time
- Place: Crookston, MN
- Airport: Crookston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7747° N, 96.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crookston, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7747&lon=-96.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98PF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98PF) (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 O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 123 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990518032839I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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