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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Florence, AL · August 7, 2000

Date: August 7, 2000 · 05:30 local
Place: Florence, AL
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N63863
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,450 total1,250 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N63863Registered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7854015 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)privacy data omitted in a statement to this office: opened the hanger doors. Pulled the airplane outside with a three wheeler; disconnected tow bar. Left the three wheeler sitting in front of the airplane. Put the tow bar in the hanger closed the doors. Got in the airplane cranked up and ran over the three wheeler. This action cut the tip off the right prop, skin damage to the fuselage, under wing and the horizontal stabilizer.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY^ IN A STATEMENT TO THIS OFFICE: OPENED THE HANGER DOORS. PULLED THE AIRPLANE OUTSIDE WITH A THREE WHEELER; DISCONNECTED TOW BAR. LEFT THE THREE WHEELER SITTING IN FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE. PUT THE TOW BAR IN THE HANGER CLOSED THE DOORS. GOT IN THE AIRPLANE CRANKED UP AND RAN OVER THE THREE WHEELER. THIS ACTION CUT THE TIP OFF THE RIGHT PROP, SKIN DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, UNDER WING AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.