# Incident 20050808025479I: Piper PA24250, Dover/Cheswold, DE, August 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2005, 06:00 local time
- Place: Dover/Cheswold, DE
- Airport: Delaware Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2187° N, 75.6005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAWARE AIRPARK (33N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2187&lon=-75.6005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6048P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6048P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 130 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050808025479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N6048P STARTED UP TO REPOSITION TO ANOTHER RAMP LOCATION ON THE AIRPORT. UPON START UP N6048P MOVED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND CONTACTED THE EMPENNAGE OF N497DS CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO INTENTION OF FLIGHT.

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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