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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Tallahassee, FL · August 13, 2005

Date: August 13, 2005 · 01:00 local
Place: Tallahassee, FL
Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N43998
Reported as: Piper PA32300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total120 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N43998Registered now · Piper PA-32-300S/N 32-7740105 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On aug 13, 2005 at 2000 hrs EDT, a Piper PA-32-300, N43998, registered to privacy data omitted the pilot was privacy data omitted. As he was taxiing to the parking ramp at the Tallahassee FL airport (tlh) he collided with an unoccupied and parked aircraft N6295U, a Mooney M-20-C. The PA-32 sustained damage to the left wing fuel tank, and the Mooney sustained damage to the engine cowling.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUG 13, 2005 AT 2000 HRS EDT, A PIPER PA-32-300, N43998, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA^. AS HE WAS TAXIING TO THE PARKING RAMP AT THE TALLAHASSEE FL AIRPORT (TLH) HE COLLIDED WITH AN UNOCCUPIED AND PARKED AIRCRAFT N6295U, A MOONEY M-20-C. THE PA-32 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK, AND THE MOONEY SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING.