# Incident 20040910025189I: Piper PA60600, Detroit, MI, September 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2004, 08:15 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ECBA
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222AY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222AY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 7106001, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60600
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040910025189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIPER N287VC STOPPED ON PARKING RAMP AFTER INITIATING TAXI OUT. PIPER N222AY RIGHT WINGTIP COLLIDED WITH N287VC LEFT WINGTIP AS N222AY WAS VEERING LEFT TO INTERSECT ACTIVE TAXIWAY. EXAMINATION OF BOTH AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING MINOR DAMAGE: PIPER DAKOTA, N287VC-LEFT-HAND WINGTIP (PLASTIC LAMINATE) TRAILING EDGE WAS DAMAGED. NO DAMAGE TO AILERON OR STRUCTURE WAS NOTED. PIPER PA-60-600, N222AY-RIGHT-HAND WINGTIP (ALUMINUM) LOWER SKIN SHOWED A SLIGHT IMPACT DENT. NO DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE WAS NOTED. NOTE: THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON A PARKING RAMP, NOT ON AN ACTIVE TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N222AY (2)

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

- [Incident 19931229051459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931229051459I), Dec 29, 1993: Piper PA60600 (N222AY), Gaylord, MI, Minor damage. Pilot landed 75 feet to right of runway on an IFR approach. Thought he had lined up on snow covered runway.
- [Incident 19870925063289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870925063289I), Sep 25, 1987: Piper PA60600 (N222AY), Grand Rapids, MI, Minor damage. The aircraft landed with the left gear partially extended. Gear hydraulic actuator malfunctioned.

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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