# Incident 20000211002679I: Piper PA32R301, Fairbanks, AK, February 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FWRA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8147A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8147A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,670 total, 1,440 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000211002679I

## Narrative

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

AC/ TAXIING OUT OF FUEL PIT AREA, NLG DISPLAYED FUEL PIT MANHOLE COVER DUE TO BUILDUP OF ICE, NLG DROPPED INTO PIT ABOUT 5-6 INCHES CAUSING PROP STRIKE TO "POPPED-UP" COVER PLATE. ONE PROP BLADE BADLY DAMAGED, ONE OF OTHER TWO MINOR DAMAGE.  OPR IS REPLACING PROP AND WILL DO AN ENGINE TEAR-DOWN INSPECTION FOR POSSIBLE ENG. DAMAGE AS RECOMMENDED BY ENG MFG DULLETINS.  PHOTO'D DAMAGE, INTERVIEWED PILOT, MAINT. DEPT IS EVALUATING FULEING COVERS TO SEE HOW THEY CAN BE BETTER SECURED SURING WINTER SEASON.  A/C HAD JUST STARTED ITS TAXI ROLL FROM ITS FUEL PIT PARKING AREA WHEN INCIDENT OCCURED .  A/C WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT UNDER FAR PART 91.

## Other reports on N8147A (1)

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

- [Incident 20100613043469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100613043469I), Jun 13, 2010: Piper PA-32R-301 (N8147A), Addison, TX, Minor damage. On June 13, 2010, at approximately 1730 CST, a Piper saratoga PA-32R-301 airplane, N8147A, sustained minor damage when the nose gear collapsed during the…

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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