# Accident 20041113032909A: Piper PA28R201T, Sikeston, MO, November 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2004, 12:23 local time
- Place: Sikeston, MO
- Airport: Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8989° N, 89.5617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8989&lon=-89.5617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3464Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3464Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 156 total, 55 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041113032909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING INTO PARKING SPOT ON MAIN RAMP, THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING CLOSE TO THE EDGE TO AVOID OTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT THEN (RAMP WAS FULL BY FBO), WHILE MAKING A 90 DEGREE RIGHT TURN THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE. THE RESULTING DAMAGE WAS AN APPROXIMATE 13 INCH WIDE DENT APPROXIMATELY 38 INCHES INBOARD AND 2 1/2 INCHES DEEP AFFECTING AN OVERALL 56 INCHES OF THE WING LEADING EDGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI05CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA031), Nov 13, 2004: Piper PA-28R-201T (N3464Q), Sikeston, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining his visual lookout and not maintaining clearance from the pole during his taxi to park from a landing. A factor was the pole he impacted.

## Other reports on N3464Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19800321033599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800321033599I), Mar 21, 1980: Piper PA28201T (N3464Q), Covington, KY. Lost all electrical power on cycling gear for landing. Wire from fuel boost pump shorted. Tripped overvoltage relay

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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