# Incident 20050212001839I: Piper PA28R201, Raleigh-Durham, NC, February 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2005, 19:27 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170FC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 57 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050212001839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF N170FC TAXIED TO RUNWAY 23L FROM PIEDMONT AVIATION RAMP VIA TAXIWAY J1. TURNED ONTO TAXIWAY A8 BEFORE HOLD SHORT LINE, MOVED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE TO THE SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY AND PERFORMED ENGINE RUN-UP. TOWER CLEARED TO TAKE OFF IF EXPEDITED BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC ON FINAL. PILOT TAXIED STRAIGHT FORWARD AND STARTED TURNING RIGHT IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEE AND LINE UP WITH THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 23L. PASSENGER SAW LIGHTS AHEAD. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE ROW OF LIGHTS. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED A LIGHT IN THE ROW BEFORE STOPPING. THE PILOT EXITED THE RUNWAY, TAXIED BACK TO TAXIWAY A8 AND THEN RETURNED TO THE PIEDMONT AVIATION RAMP.

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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