# Incident 20050405009099I: Piper PA32260, Tucson, AZ, April 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2005, 21:07 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3989W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3989W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050405009099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE TAXI AREA WAS DARK AND STRUCK AN UNLIT TAXI SIGN CAUSING APPROXIMATELY $3000.00 DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING. PILOT DID NOT POSSESS A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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