# Incident 20000520017659I: Piper PA32301, South Naknek, AK, May 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2000, 18:30 local time
- Place: South Naknek, AK
- Airport: South Naknek Nr 2
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 58.7021° N, 157.0026° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTH NAKNEK NR 2 (WSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7021&lon=-157.0026&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8361Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8361Q-2009-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,545 total, 184 in this make and model, 164 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000520017659I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY 12/30 WITH INTENT TO BACK TAXI FOR TAKE-OFFON RUNWAY 30.  FORWARD VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED DUE TO MOISTURE ON INSIDE OF WINDOW, AND NOSE HIGH ALTITUDE OF AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT HIT TAXI LIGHT WITH PROP THEN PILOT TURNED AIRCRAFT AROUND TO RETURN TO RAMP AND HIT ANOTHER TAXI LIGHT.  HE THEN SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND UNLOADED THE PAX.  NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR PILOT.

## Other reports on N8361Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20061214027569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061214027569A), Dec 14, 2006: Piper PA32301 (N8361Q), Port Heiden, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Penair flight 842 left Port Heiden approx 18:05 enroute to king salmon, Alaska (akn). Flight was originally scheduled to depart around 14:30. Reports…
- [Incident 19960413045809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960413045809I), Apr 13, 1996: Piper PA32301 (N8361Q), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: during taxi from ramp area this a/c hit another parked aircraft wingtip to wingtip. Minor damage. Because passengers were on board the FAA considers…

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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