# Incident 20000910025089I: Piper PA28161, Palm Springs, CA, September 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2000, 19:51 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8171V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8171V-2018-01-09) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000910025089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT RAN OVER A TAXI LIGHT AS HE DEPARTED THE ACTIVE RUNWAY TO THE TAXIWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO A TAXI LIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, THIS WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT INTO PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. HE ADMITS TO BEING SOMEWHAT CONFUSED WHEN HE DEPARTED THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND MADE A SHARPER THAN NORMAL TURN OFF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN TIRE TO CONTACT A TAXIWAY LIGHT. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT AND NO DAMAGE TO THE A/C, OTHER THAN A YELLOW PAINT STAIN ON THE TIRE. THE WHEEL WAS EXAMINED BY THE PILOT, THE FBO AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS AT THE PALO ALTO FLYING CLUB AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE A/C. THE PILOT DID NOT SEE OR FOLLOW THE SINGLE YELLOW TAXIWAY LINE AS HE DEPARTED THE ACTIVE, BUT TAXIED TOWARD THE DOUBLE YELLOW TAXIWAY EDGE MARKING LINE. AFTER HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE TAXIWAY LIGHT, HE REALIZED HE WAS LEFT OF CENTER LINE ON THE TAXIWAY AND ADJUSTED HIS TAXI DIRECTION TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE TAXIWAY. HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE HAD HIT THE LIGHT. THE PILOT HAS SINCE GOTTEN SEVERAL HOURS DUAL INSTRUCTION, COMPLETED A FLIGHT REVIEW, AND REVIEWED CHAPTER 2, SECTION 3-AIRPORT MARKING AIDS AND SIGNS, OF THE AIM

## Other reports on N8171V (2)

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

- [Accident 20070423006239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070423006239A), Apr 23, 2007: Piper PA28161 (N8171V), Palo Alto, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 23, at approximately 09:00, N8171V a Piper pa 28-161 aircraft departed Palo Alto municipal airport with a student pilot at the controls. Shortly…
- [Incident 19900131007209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900131007209I), Jan 31, 1990: Piper PA28161 (N8171V), Napa, CA, Minor damage. Struck the nose of a parked aircraft with his wing tip while taxiing for departure.

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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