# Incident 20010903023759I: Piper PA28181, Marthas Vineyar, MA, September 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2001, 14:15 local time
- Place: Marthas Vineyar, MA
- Airport: Marthas Vineyard
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3934° N, 70.6139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3934&lon=-70.6139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80731, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80731) (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: 220 total, 140 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010903023759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING IN A CONGESTED AREA. THE PILOT SAW A MAN AND WOMAN WITH BICYCLES AT THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY IN THE GRASS. THE MAN WAS BENT OVER WORKING ON A BICYCLE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE BICYCLIST SAID THE AREA WAS NOISY WITH TURBOPROPS AND HE NEVER SAW THE AIRCRAFT COMING ON THE TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N80731 (1)

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

- [Incident 19970721036289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970721036289I), Jul 21, 1997: Piper PA28181 (N80731), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: the pilot stated that she was on a VFR flight plan from bkl to bdr. Upon departing bkl she requested a departure clearance from bkl tower to avid…

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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