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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Fort Worth, TX · April 11, 2002

Date
April 11, 2002 · 12:15 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Airport
Hicks Airfield Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N33354
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Pilot’s flight hours
216 total23 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

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) On April 11, 2002 at 1215 pm CDT, a Piper cherokee PA-32-300 aircraft, N33354, owned by SIX4ASIX inc. 3511 silverside rd. ste 105 wilmington, de 19810, and operated by peter brown, collided with a parked automobile while taxiing to the hangar after landing at Hicks airfield. The left wing tip impacted the vehicle and ruptured the left tip tank and the wing tip position light was broken causing sparks and fire on the left wing. Other airport tenants came out with hand held fire extinguishers and were able to extinguish the fire. This incident happened after a part 91 personal flight VFR flight conditions prevailed, no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the pilot was not injured. The pilot holds a commercial certificate, number 465299373, the flight originated at Hicks airfield on April 11, 2002, at 1030 am.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 11, 2002 AT 1215 PM CDT, A PIPER CHEROKEE PA-32-300 AIRCRAFT, N33354, OWNED BY SIX4ASIX INC. 3511 SILVERSIDE RD. STE 105 WILMINGTON, DE 19810, AND OPERATED BY PETER BROWN, COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AUTOMOBILE WHILE TAXIING TO THE HANGAR AFTER LANDING AT HICKS AIRFIELD. THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED THE VEHICLE AND RUPTURED THE LEFT TIP TANK AND THE WING TIP POSITION LIGHT WAS BROKEN CAUSING SPARKS AND FIRE ON THE LEFT WING. OTHER AIRPORT TENANTS CAME OUT WITH HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED AFTER A PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE, NUMBER 465299373, THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HICKS AIRFIELD ON APRIL 11, 2002, AT 1030 AM.

Other reports on N33354 · 1

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