# Incident 20010824021849I: Piper PA28181, Prescott, AZ, August 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2001, 19:48 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43810, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 100 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/20010824021849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS LANDING AT NIGHT. HE WAS USING RUNWAY 21R. THIS RUNWAY IS NARROWER THAN THE OTHER ONE. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRMAN ADVISED ATC THAT HE WAS UNFAMILIAR, AND WAS INSTRUCTED BY ATC TO, "TAXI TO THE END AND TURN LEFT." ACCORDING TO AIRMAN, IT WAS DARK, THE RUNWAY WAS SKINNY, AND HE SAW BUILDINGS IN THE DISTANCE AND WOUND UP TAXIING OFF THE END OF RUNWAY INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH. HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE RUNWAY ENDED WHERE IT DID. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND TAIL TIE-DOWN, AND A WHEEL FAIRING BROKE OFF.

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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