# Incident 20031102029449I: Piper PA28161, Beverly, MA, November 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2003
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Beverly Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5841° N, 70.9161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEVERLY RGNL (BVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5841&lon=-70.9161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4363X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4363X-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031102029449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS RETURNING TO THE RAMP AFTER COMPLETING FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AND STRUCK THE SPINNER OF N3048L WITH THE LEFT WING TIP OF N4363X. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS NOT OCCUPIED. THE TAXI-WAY CENTERLINE MEASURED 19' FROM THE SPINNER OF N3048L. THE DISTANCE FROM THE CENTERLINE TO THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER ON THE RIGHT WAS 24' OR A TOTAL OF 43' CLEARANCE. STUDENT SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS ON THE CENTERLINE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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