# Incident 20011206034169I: Piper PA31350, Pittsburgh, PA, December 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2001, 18:45 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N219RK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N219RK-2014-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011206034169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED TO AEA-FSDO-03, ACTIONS ON 12/09/01. TAXI CLEARANCE FROM PIT ATCT WAS CLEAR ACTIVE RUNWAY AT INTERSECTION 5B. ATC ISSUED 180 DEGREE TURN AND, UPON DOING SO, STRUCK A BLUE TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH RIGHT PROPELLER. INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 1845 EST. PILOT VERY COOPERATIVE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ THIRD CLASS MEDICAL 04/17/2000. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N219RK (1)

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

- [Incident 20060119001759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060119001759I), Jan 19, 2006: Piper PA31350 (N219RK), Clemson, SC, Minor damage. (-23) On January 19, 2006, 1645 EST, at the Oconee county airport (kceu), Clemson, SC a pa 31-350, navajo, N219RK during a landing attempt, the pilot…

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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