# Incident 20020127006759I: Piper PA28*, Wadsworth, OH, January 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Airport: Wadsworth Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0031° N, 81.7565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WADSWORTH MUNI (3G3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0031&lon=-81.7565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5290W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5290W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28 (registry code 7102801, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020127006759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A WRITTEN WITNESS STATEMENT, INDICATES THAT THE A/C CUT IN FRONT OF ANOTHER A/C WHILE IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEPARTING. IN DOING SO, THE A/C STRUCK (WHICH CUT IN FRONT), DESTROYED TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS STRIKING THE LIGHTS WITH THE PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N5290W (1)

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

- [Accident 19900520062969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900520062969A), May 20, 1990: Piper PA28* (N5290W), Jacksonville, NC, Substantial damage. Trying to land downwind on grass strip. Noted need to go around. Damaged aircraft going under wires. Landed safely.

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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