# Incident 20080604839679I: Piper PA28235, Tucson, AZ, June 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2008, 07:55 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8542W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8542W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080604839679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N8542W TAXIED INOT A POLE IN THE PARKING AREA AT RYAN FIELD, TUCSON, AZ, AT 0755MST ON 6/4/2008, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK.  THE PILOT WAS NO IN POSSESION OF HIS GLASSES, WHICH ARE REQUIRED BY HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.  HE WAS NOT IN POSSESSION OF A PILOT CERTIFICATE.  HE ALSO HAS A RESTRICTION ON HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE THAT STATES NOT VALID FLIGHTS REQUIRING THE USE OF RADIO, AND THE TOWER WAS IN OPERATION AT RYAN.

## Other reports on N8542W (1)

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

- [Accident 20220722012939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220722012939A), Jul 22, 2022: Piper PA-28-235 (N8542W), Seguin, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On July 22, 2022, around 1845 local/central time, Piper PA-28-235, [privacy data omitted] was destroyed shortly after takeoff, departing from Elm Creek Airpark…

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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