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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Yerington, NV · April 6, 2002

Date
April 6, 2002 · 11:30 local
Place
Yerington, NV
Airport
Yerington Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6559W
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot had just landed and taxied off the runway. When taxing, he diverted his attention to other action in the cockpit and allowed the aircraft to run off the taxiway with the left main. This resulted in the left wing tip dropping to the dirt and prop striking the taxiway. No injury to per sonnel.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT HAD JUST LANDED AND TAXIED OFF THE RUNWAY. WHEN TAXING, HE DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION TO OTHER ACTION IN THE COCKPIT AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO RUN OFF THE TAXIWAY WITH THE LEFT MAIN. THIS RESULTED IN THE LEFT WING TIP DROPPING TO THE DIRT AND PROP STRIKING THE TAXIWAY. NO INJURY TO PER SONNEL.