# Incident 20010129012859I: Piper PA34200T, West Palm Beach, FL, January 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2001, 18:50 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8186R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8186R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 450 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/20010129012859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ADVISED ATC THAT THE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AIRFIELD AND NEEDED DIRECTIONS. ATC ADVISED THE PILOT TO HEAD TO THE RIGHT AND STAY TO THE RIGHT.  THE PILOT STAYED TO THE RIGHT AND ENTERED THE VEHICLE PERIMETER ROAD.  THE PILOT MADE A 180 TURN AFTER REALIZING HE WAS NOT ON THE TAXIWAY.  WHILE RETURNING TO THE TAXIWAY, THE PILOT STRUCK THE PERIMETER FENCE WITH HIS AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING.

## Other reports on N8186R (1)

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

- [Incident 20150314001921I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150314001921I), Mar 14, 2015: Piper PA-34-200T (N8186R), Key West, FL, Minor damage. N8186R and N3794F contacted each other near the intersection of taxiway a and A5. Both aircraft sustained minor damage.

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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