# Incident 20010531010649I: Piper PA23250, Sanford, ME, May 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2001, 08:10 local time
- Place: Sanford, ME
- Airport: Sanford Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4392° N, 70.7742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4392&lon=-70.7742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80FF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80FF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010531010649I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER COMPLETING RUN-UP, PILOT ADVANCED THROTTLE TO TURN. AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD AND PROPELLER HIT TAXI LIGHT.  PILOT WILL RECEIVE COUNSELING AND A COMPLETE COMPETENCY CHECK UNDER FAA ORDER 4040-9D.

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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