# Incident 20050813023039I: Piper PA32300, Tallahassee, FL, August 13, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2005, 01:00 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43998, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43998) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 120 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050813023039I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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