# Accident 20041206032472A: Piper PA28R201, Fort Pierce, FL, December 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2004, 12:45 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4950° N, 80.3681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4950&lon=-80.3681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N283PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N283PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041206032472A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N283PA WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 9 AT TAXIWAY A4, N294PA TAXIED INTO THE TAIL OF N283PA. DAMAGE TO N283PA WAS CONFINED TO ELEVATOR, STABILATOR, RUDDER, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND TAIL CONE. DAMAGE TO 294PA WAS CONFINED TO THE PROPELLER AND SPINNER AND ENGINE COWL. WEATHER DATA: WIND 1009 VIS 10 FEW026 26/19 3016.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N294PA, Piper PA28181: [Accident 20041206032471A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041206032471A)

## 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 MIA05LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA042), Dec 6, 2004: Piper PA-28R-201 (N283PA), Fort Pierce, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of the Piper 181 to apply his parking brake when stopped awaiting departure and his failure to maintain a visual lookout resulting in his airplane rolling forward and…

## Other reports on N283PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20180410007269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180410007269I), Apr 10, 2018: Piper PA-28R-201 (N283PA), Kalaeloa, HI, Minor damage. Aircraft was on take-off departure roll. Flaps retracted to zero degrees, aircraft drifts to the right contrary to left rudder input, the right wing tip makes…
- [Incident 20141117022699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141117022699I), Nov 17, 2014: Piper PA-28R-201 (N283PA), Kalaeloa, HI, Substantial damage. A pilot in a Piper arrow N283PA a PA-28R-201 operated by galvin flight school was conducting touch and go operations in the pattern for runway 4L at phjr…

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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