# Incident 20020918025479I: Piper PA28181, Salt Lake City, UT, September 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2002, 21:52 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 99 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020918025479I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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