# Incident 20060523015319I: Piper PA28161, Chicago, IL, May 23, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2006, 16:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Lansing Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5349° N, 87.5295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANSING MUNI (IGQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5349&lon=-87.5295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38988, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38988) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 54 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060523015319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT LANSING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (IGQ), THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY "H". THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE CENTER OF TAXIWAY LINE CAUSING THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT WITH A PATROL UNIT FROM THE LOCAL POLICE THAT WAS PARKED IN GRASS AREA NEXT TO TAXI/RUNWAY. THE POLICE UNIT WAS FORWARD OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE BETWEEN THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT HOLD SHORT LINE.

## Other reports on N38988 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040208003509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040208003509A), Feb 8, 2004: Piper PA28161 (N38988), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) After takeoff the pilot noticed the runway was very icy and had snow drifts. He attempted to land the aircraft at the runway threshold and roll out…

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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