# Incident 20040910025249I: Piper PA28236, 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: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N287VC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N287VC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 611 total, 115 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040910025249I

## 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 TO 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 FLIGHT IMPACT DENT. NO DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE WAS NOTED. NOTE: THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON A PARKING RAMP, NOT ON AN ACTIVE TAXIWAY.

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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