# Incident 20010523018189I: Piper PA28181, Tucson, AZ, May 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2001, 21:00 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N923PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N923PA-2019-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 35 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010523018189I

## Narrative

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

(-23)FOLLOWING NIGHT LANDING HEAD ON TO B-727 THE INSTRUMENT WAS EXPEDITING CLEARING RUNWAY AT REQUEST OF ATC. WHILE TURNING TO EXIT ONTO TAXIWAY, AIRCRAFT SWUNG WIDE AND STRUCK TAXIWAY SIGN WITH RIGHT WING TIP.  INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE YELLOW TURN OFF LINE AT THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE SIGN.

## Other reports on N923PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20140111003152I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140111003152I), Jan 11, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N923PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Flight instructor was in airport run up area with a student. His aircraft wing tip was scraped by the incident aircraft, (N918PA).
- [Accident 20071030827962A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071030827962A), Oct 30, 2007: Piper PA28181 (N923PA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Both N309PA & N923PA were in the runup area, holding short at the end of runway 74, preparing for takeoff at dvt. The student pilot of N309PA was…

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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