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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28181 · Salt Lake City, UT · September 18, 2002

Date: September 18, 2002 · 21:52 local
Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Airport: Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N961WC
Reported as: Piper PA28181
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 99 total99 in this make and model18 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) While taxiing at night for takeoff on runway 32 at Salt Lake City International Airport, the pilot became distracted and taxied beyond the runway onto taxiway that was closed by NOTAM. The distraction caused the pilot to temporarily remove his headset. The ATC controller noticed that the pilot was heading toward the barriers that closed the taxiway and instructed the pilot to "turn right." The pilot did, and hit a taxiway light that was covered.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING AT NIGHT FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 32 AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED AND TAXIED BEYOND THE RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY THAT WAS CLOSED BY NOTAM. THE DISTRACTION CAUSED THE PILOT TO TEMPORARILY REMOVE HIS HEADSET. THE ATC CONTROLLER NOTICED THAT THE PILOT WAS HEADING TOWARD THE BARRIERS THAT CLOSED THE TAXIWAY AND INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO "TURN RIGHT." THE PILOT DID, AND HIT A TAXIWAY LIGHT THAT WAS COVERED.