# Incident 20030201001619I: Piper PA23160, Chandler, AZ, February 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Stellar Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2988° N, 111.9158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STELLAR AIRPARK (P19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2988&lon=-111.9158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3457P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3457P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030201001619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN GROUNDED BECAUSE THE BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. CFK AND STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO CHECK THE DISCREPANCY LOG OR SIGN OUT BOARD PRIOR TO TAKING AIRCRAFT. THEY STARTED THE #1 ENGINE AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF STARTING THE #2 ENGINE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL. THEY APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THEY FAILED TO WORK, SO THEY TRIED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT WITH FULL POWER ON THE #1 ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT COULDN'T TURN SHARPLY ENOUGH AND IMPACTED N9059D ON THE COWLING AS IT SAT IN ITS TIEDOWN SPOT. N9059D'S COWL WAS DAMAGED AND ITS TIE DOWN RINGS WERE BENT AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. SOME RIPPLES WERE NOTED IN THE LEFT WING NEAR THE TIE DOWN RING. N3457P OBTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE FROM THE WING TIP INWARD ABOUT TWO FEET. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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