# Incident 20070925830669I: Piper PA34200T, Bridgeport, CT, September 25, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2007, 04:45 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31743, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31743-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,303 total, 1,128 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/20070925830669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT OFF OF TAXIWAY "ALPHA" AND BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED TWO TAXI LIGHTS AT SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 29 AT 0445 HOURS ON 9/25/2007.

## Other reports on N31743 (2)

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

- [Accident 20130524009209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130524009209A), May 24, 2013: Piper PA-34-200T (N31743), Ephratah, NY, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Summary: On Friday may 24, 2013, at about 1710 EDT, a 1978 Piper PA-34-200T seneca ii, was destroyed by an apparent in-flight breakup near johnstown, NY. The…
- [Accident 19990810046459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990810046459A), Aug 10, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N31743), Chatham, MA, No damage. (-23)Certification for multi-engine dated day before incident. Pilot has enforcement history, see attachments. Narrative: see ptrs #NE01199908577 and statement…

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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