# Incident 20030617015589I: Piper PA32R300, Nashville, TN, June 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2003, 11:20 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9302F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9302F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030617015589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAXIING TO RUNWAY 2R AT NASHVILLE, TURNED ON A PARALLEL ROAD, BY MISTAKE AND CREASED THE UNDERSIDE OF HIS WING TAXIING OVER A RUNWAY SIGN. A MECHANIC (IA) EXAMINED THE CREASE AND SINCE IT DID NOT PUNCTURE ANY FUEL TANKS OR STRUCTURES, TAPED OVER THE CREASE, AND WE ALLOWED THE PILOT TO CONTINUE TO HIS DESTINATION FOR REPAIR.

## Other reports on N9302F (1)

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

- [Incident 20090923050099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090923050099I), Sep 23, 2009: Piper PA-32R-300 (N9302F), Okeechobee, FL, Minor damage. Pilot stated that on final approach he forgot to lower the landing gear

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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