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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-44-180 · Jacksonville, FL · August 7, 2004

Date
August 7, 2004 · 12:43 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Craig Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N436PA
Reported as
Piper PA44180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total80 in this make and model30 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) Pilot attempted to reposition from taxiway "b" to taxiway "a". He misjudged the clearance needed to avoid a taxiway light and the prop came in contact with it, damaging the light. The aircraft prop was repaired at Craig air center, in Jacksonville, and released the following day.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION FROM TAXIWAY "B" TO TAXIWAY "A". HE MISJUDGED THE CLEARANCE NEEDED TO AVOID A TAXIWAY LIGHT AND THE PROP CAME IN CONTACT WITH IT, DAMAGING THE LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT PROP WAS REPAIRED AT CRAIG AIR CENTER, IN JACKSONVILLE, AND RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DAY.

Other reports on N436PA · 2

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