# Incident 20020711016649I: Piper PA32300, Skagway, AK, July 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2002, 05:30 local time
- Place: Skagway, AK
- Airport: Skagway Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FYOA
- Location: 59.4602° N, 135.3169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKAGWAY (SGY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4602&lon=-135.3169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31589, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31589) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,901 total, 500 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020711016649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N31589, A PA-32-300, WAS IDLING @1000 RPM ON THE PARKING RAMP AT THE SKAGWAY AIRPORT (PAGY). THE PILOT, MR. DONN E. MCGINNIS, BECAME DISTRACTED BY THE OVERHEAD LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF THE OVERHEAD LIGHT THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE TAILSECTION OF N8216T. N8216T WAS UNOCCUPIED AND TIED DOWN DIRECTLY AHEAD OF N31589. N31589 SUFFERED NO INJURIES TO ITS PILOT OR TWO PASSENGERS. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE PROP, ENGINE AND COWLING OF N31589 AND DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE TAIL SECTION OF N8216T. N8216T HAD NO INTENT TO FLY. N31589 WAS ORIGINATING FROM PAGY ON A NONSCHEDULED, TITLE 14 CFR PART 135, PASSENGER CARRYING FLIGHT TO GUSTAVUS (PAGS) AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N31589 (1)

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

- [Incident 20240214000319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240214000319I), Feb 14, 2024: Piper PA-32-300 (N31589), Karluk, AK, Minor damage. The pilot reported that he encountered extremely soft runway conditions after landing. During his taxi to the ramp the aircraft was pulled slightly to the…

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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