# Incident 20020808024209I: Piper PA31350, Fairbanks, AK, August 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2002, 09:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WVBA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59764, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59764) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,825 total, 1,840 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020808024209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING WHEN HE BEGAN TO TAXI DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND FOGGED AIRCRAFT WINDOWS. HE MISSED THE TURN ONTO TAXIWAY DELTA. HE THEN TURNED RIGHT AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE TAXI AREA WITH A YELLOW TAXI LINE. WITH POOR VISIBILITY THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS AIRCRAFTS DISTANCE FROM AN AIRCRAFT PARKED AND TIED DOWN TO HIS RIGHT. HIS AIRPLANE'S WINGTIP HIT THE SPINNER OF THE OTHER AIRPLANE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N59764 (4)

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

- [Incident 20040324004979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040324004979I), Mar 24, 2004: Piper PA31350 (N59764), Fairbanks, AK. (-23) [privacy data omitted] aircraft on scheduled flight at cruise altitude. Pilot noticed loss of manifold pressure with concurrent loss of oil pressure.…
- [Incident 20031110029489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031110029489I), Nov 10, 2003: Piper PA31350 (N59764), Galena, AK. (-23) [privacy data omitted] engine failed in flight. Large fuel flow fluctuations followed by sudden oil pressure loss. Engine was shutdown in flight and…
- [Incident 19960513033919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960513033919I), May 13, 1996: Piper PA31350 (N59764), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: the aircraft had just been returned to service after a repair to the right engine for an oil leak. Maintenance personnel had lowered the gear doors…
- [Incident 19790827032919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790827032919I), Aug 27, 1979: Piper PA31350 (N59764), Poughkeepsie, NY. Engine quit in flight, found magneto had failed.

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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