# Incident 20000122000339I: Piper PA28161, Butler, PA, January 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21123, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21123) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 276 total, 103 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000122000339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BEAVER CO. AIRPORT (KBVI) AND LANDED AT BUTLER AIRPORT (KBTP) DURING A LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN TO PART THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE SNOW AND ICE COVERED RAMP INTO A FOUR FOOT TALL FENCE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.  DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE LEADING EDGE INBOARD OF THE WIING TIP AND MINOR DENTS AND SCRATHCES EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET INBOARD OF THE WING TIP.

## Other reports on N21123 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970415005889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970415005889A), Apr 15, 1997: Piper PA28161 (N21123), Butler, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft sheared off part of landing gear on landing, ran off runway.

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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