# Incident 20040123010859I: Piper PA28161, Ft Myers, FL, January 23, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2004, 15:20 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8234P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8234P) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040123010859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 23, 2004 AT 1520Z, A PIPER PA-28, N8234P, REGISTERED TO BEAVER AVIATION SOUTH, COLLIDED WITH THE VASI LIGHTS ON RUNWAY 5 AT PAGE FIELD, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, WHILE A STUDENT PILOT WAS STARTING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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