# Accident 20061213028842A: Piper PA28161, Naples, FL, December 13, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2006, 09:18 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XO4S
- Location: 26.1667° N, 81.7756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1667&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N970AC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N970AC) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061213028842A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/13/06 AT NAPLES AIRPORT, FLORIDA (APF) PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS TAXIING A PITTS SINGLE PLACE AEROBATIC TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT N427RD SOUTH ON TAXIWAY A FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 5. PILOT OF PITTS STRUCK RIGHT WING TIP AREA OF PIPER 25-161 N970AC WITH HIS PROP. PIPER BELONGED TO NAPLES AIR CENTER, INC. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT) WAS IN LEFT SEAT OF PIPER; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^         WAS NAPLES AIR'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT, BUT PIPER HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS RIGHT WING TIP AREA -- OUTBOARD 3 FT DAMAGED EXTENSIVELY INCLUDING SPAR, AILERON BENT. PITTS PROP SLIGHTLY BENT AND SCRAPED FROM CONTACT WITH WING. SLIGHT DAMAGE (SCRAPES) TO NOSE BOWL AND LEFT UPPER WING. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND NOT CONSIDERED A FACTOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA07LA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07LA026), Dec 13, 2006: Piper PA-28-161 (N970AC), Naples, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The experimental airplane's pilot inadequate visual lookout while taxiing for takeoff, which resulted in an on-ground collision with a Piper airplane which was standing with its engine operating in…

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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