# Incident 20020410008879I: Piper PA24, Plant City, FL, April 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2002, 05:10 local time
- Place: Plant City, FL
- Airport: Plant City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0002° N, 82.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLANT CITY (PCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0002&lon=-82.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6580P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6580P-2013-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (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 PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020410008879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI A PA-24-24, N6580P, AT NIGHT TIME WHILE HIS LEFT LANDING LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, CE-170, N3503D IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE AREA WITH HIS SPINNER/PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N6580P (1)

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

- [Accident 20120701014139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120701014139A), Jul 1, 2012: Piper PA-24 (N6580P), Watertown, WI, Substantial damage. Pilot was the sole occupant of aircraft. Pilot reported he flew normal traffic pattern for landing on runway 5 at Watertown Municipal Airport (kryv). 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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