20030211001429I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Atlanta, GA · February 11, 2003

Date
February 11, 2003 · 22:55 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Dekalb-Peachtree
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N50PF
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Pilot’s flight hours
255 total40 in this make and model15 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) Mr. Long taxied off the unlit portion of taxiway "a" at pdk. The nose wheel went into a hole and bent the nose wheel brace and damaged the prop. The taxi light on the aircraft was inop at the time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. LONG TAXIED OFF THE UNLIT PORTION OF TAXIWAY "A" AT PDK. THE NOSE WHEEL WENT INTO A HOLE AND BENT THE NOSE WHEEL BRACE AND DAMAGED THE PROP. THE TAXI LIGHT ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS INOP AT THE TIME.