# Accident 20030425012579A: Piper PA28181, Bullhead City, AZ, April 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2003, 10:59 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead Internation
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8875° N, 114.6272° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8875&lon=-114.6272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38137, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38137-2010-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030425012579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS TAXIING TO PARKING AFTER LANDING AND ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER AROUND A FUEL TRUCK. THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE FUEL TANK. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX03LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA144), Apr 25, 2003: Piper PA-28-181 (N38137), Bullhead City, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance resulting in the inadequate clearance between the wing tip and the fuel truck.

## Other reports on N38137 (1)

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

- [Accident 20070713016279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070713016279A), Jul 13, 2007: Piper PA28181 (N38137), Lakeside, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On July 13, 2007 at 1701, N38137, a PA-28-181 departed myf. We have not received any radar data on his flight, but the location of the wreckage leads one…

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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