# Incident 20000807026179I: Piper PA23250, Florence, AL, August 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2000, 05:30 local time
- Place: Florence, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8298° N, 87.6622° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Florence, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8298&lon=-87.6622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63863, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63863) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,450 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000807026179I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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