# Incident 19990722029789I: Piper PA34200, Myerstown, PA, July 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1999, 07:00 local time
- Place: Myerstown, PA
- Airport: Decks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AHBA
- Location: 40.3721° N, 76.3056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myerstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3721&lon=-76.3056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42866, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42866) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 7,400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990722029789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 9/9/99 - A MR. DAVE HILDEBRAND (717)886-2184 CALLED TO REPORT AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON 7/22/99, INVOLVING PA-34 N42866 HAVING A PROPELLER STRIKE A TAXIWAY LIGHT AND CONTINUE FLIGHT. UPON RETURN TO DECK AIRPORT LATER THAT DAY THE PROP WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO SENSENICH PROPELLER SERVICE FORREPAIR/OVERHAUL.  10/06/99 - VISITED SITE AND DISCUSSED WITH OPERATOR.  HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROP STRIKE UNTIL RETURNING TO DECK AIRPORT LATER THAT DAY.  ALLL OPERATIONS THAT DAY WERE FAR PART 91 AND MR. DECK WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.  ALL DOCUMENTATION SUPPORTS MR. DECKS STATEMENTS.  DAMAGE TO PROP AS STATED BY THE REPAIR FACILITY WAS MINOR TIP DAMAGE (REPAIRED BY OVERHAUL) DAMAGE TO RUNWAY THRESHOLD LIGHT WAS PLASTIC LENS AND THIN SHEET METAL COVER.  NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTS THAT ANY WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE OR MISCONDUCT OCCURRED IN RELATIONSHIP TO FAR'S.  MR. DECK WAS COUNSELED.  THIS CASE IS CLOSED.  NO FURTHER ACTIONTO BE TAKEN.

## Other reports on N42866 (2)

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

- [Incident 19850128004649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850128004649I), Jan 28, 1985: Piper PA34200 (N42866), Hudson, NY, Minor damage. Right gear light indicated unsafe. Cycled gear but unsafe light remained. Gear collapsed on rollout.
- [Accident 19740703019819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740703019819A), Jul 3, 1974: Piper PA34200 (N42866), Myerstown, PA, Substantial damage. Plt elected to lnd at unlgtd arpt.t/d in wheat field adj to rwy.

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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