# Incident 20000927038439I: Piper PA38112, Ocean City, NJ, September 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Airport: Ocean City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2635° N, 74.6075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEAN CITY MUNI (26N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2635&lon=-74.6075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2422F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2422F-2010-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 83 total, 78 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927038439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C STRUCK LOW SIGN WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. A PILOT EXAMINATION WAS IN PROGRESS. SIGN WAS IN GRASS AND WAS STRUCK BY AIRCRAFT WHILE POSITIONING FOR RUNUP. THIS OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY EXAMINER^PRIVACY DA^.A MECHANIC FROM THE AIRCRAFT RENTAL AGENCY WAS DISPATCHED TO OCEAN CITY, NJ (^PRIVACY DATA ^FROM DAWN AERO LOCATED IN WILMINGTON, DE) ^PRIVACY DAT^ INDICATED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS VERY MINOR AND THAT HE HAD REMOVED A SMALL DENT JUST INBOARD OF THE RIGHT WING TIP. HE DID AN APPROPRIATE INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGED AREA AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THE STATE DIVISION OF AERONATICS WAS NOTIFIED AND HAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SIGN BE MOVED TO AVOID FUTURE ISSUES.

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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