# Incident 20080520846719I: Piper PA22108, Auburn/Lewisto, ME, May 20, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2008, 12:20 local time
- Place: Auburn/Lewisto, ME
- Airport: Auburn/Lewiston Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0485° N, 70.2835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN/LEWISTON MUNI (LEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0485&lon=-70.2835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5802Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5802Z-2009-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080520846719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 20,2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1230, I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF A 1963 PIPER PA22-108, N5802Z, SN 22-9655, WAS INVOLVED IN A MISHAP WHILE GROUND TAXI AND GROUND POWER ENGINE RUN-UP AT THE LEWISTON AUBURN AIRPORT (KLEW). INITIAL REPORT VIA THE FBO MANAGER FOR TWIN CITY AVIATION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID VERIFIED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLIPPED OVER IN THE AREA THAT PILOTS TAXI TO IN ORDER TO DO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RUN UP. THIS INSPECTOR TRAVELED TO LEWISTON AUBURN AIRPORT (LEW) TO INVESTIGATE THE INVERTED MISHAP ON MAY 20, 2008 AND THE FOLLOWING IS THE RESULTS AND THE NARRATIVE OF THE INSPECTION.  A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT REVEALED SEVERAL WING RIBS ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS WERE BENT AND DAMAGED. BOTH WING STRUTS WERE BENT AND SHOWED CRACKING DAMAGE. THE UPPER CENTER PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD IS BROKEN, SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, LEFT LOWER FRAME TUBE IS BENT, TOP OF THE RUDDER IS BENT AND DEFORMED, STROBE LIGHT COMPLETELY SMASHED AND THE BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE LEAKING. THE ENGINE APPEARED SATISFACTORY HOWEVER BOTH PROPELLER BLADE TIPS ARE BENT, AND THE SPINNER WAS CRUSHED. A ENGINE TEARDOWN AND HIDDEN DAMAGE INSPECTION SHOULD BE PERFORMED AS THERE MAY BE OTHER DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED AND NOT NOTED WITHIN THIS REPORT. A FULL CONTINUITY INSPECTION WAS NOT COMPLETED DUE TO THE PILOT REPORT STATED THIS WAS A GROUND RUN OPERATION AND THERE WAS NO INTENT FOR FLIGHT. THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEAL THE ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON 11/22/2007 AT TWIN CITY AVIATION. THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS SHOWED NO DISCREPANCIES.

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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