# Incident 20010308017499I: Piper PA28161, Lakeland, FL, March 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Airport: Lakeland Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40021, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40021) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010308017499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8 MARCH 2001, MR. MARTIN B. CUTRONE, HOLDER OF STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER FF1488371, WAS FLYING HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, IN A PIPER PA-28-161, N40021, FROM THE PAGE FIELD, LEE COUNTY AIRPORT, FORT MEYERS, FLORIDA TO THE LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT, LAKELAND, FLORIDA. AFTER LANDING AT THE LAKELAND REGIONAL AIRPORT, HE TAXIED TO THE TERMINAL RAMP AND WAS FOLLOWING THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR'S LINE MAN SIGNALS OF DIRECTION TO PARKING WHEN THE RIGHT WING OF HIS AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE PROPELLER OF A PARKED GULFSTREAM AMERICAN, N2GD.  THE PIPER PA-28-161, N40021, SUSTAINED MINOR (SUPERFICIAL) DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.  MR. CUTRONE HAS RECEIVED COUNSELING FROM HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, MR. NICHOLAS J. FALCONE, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 183366022. MR. CUTRON IS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON GROUND OPERATIONS WITH EMPHASIS ON TAXI AND PARKING OPERATIONS BEFORE CONDUCTING FURTHER SOLO FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

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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