# Incident 20021218037429I: Piper PA28R200, Tampa, FL, December 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2002, 09:30 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Peter O Knight Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9154° N, 82.4494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETER O KNIGHT (TPF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33840, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N33840-2005-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021218037429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 18, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 EST, A PIPER PA-28R-200, N33840, HIT A PARKED VEHICLE WHILE TAXIING TO THE HANGAR AFTER LANDING. THE LEFT WINGTIP FORWARD EDGE CONTACTED THE VEHICLE AFTER THE PILOT HAD THOUGHT HE HAD TAXIED PAST THE VEHICLE AND STARTED TURNING LEFT AROUND THE VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME THE TIP OF THE WING MADE CONTACT AND TRANSFERRED PAINT FROM THE AIRCRAFT TO THE VEHICLE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N33840 (2)

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

- [Accident 20040516008969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040516008969A), May 16, 2004: Piper PA28R200 (N33840), Everglades, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 16, 2004, this aircraft crashed into some trees just after takeoff. The park service employees and airport employees pulled the occupants out of…
- [Incident 20030305008929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030305008929I), Mar 5, 2003: Piper PA28R200 (N33840), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. (-23) VFR local flight no flight plan filed. Conducting touch and go's in traffic pattern, landed gear up.

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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