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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Tucson, AZ · June 19, 2008

Date: June 19, 2008 · 08:00 local
Place: Tucson, AZ
Airport: Ryan Field
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: OXZS
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N761M
Reported as: Piper PA28161
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total80 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N761MRegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2017 · Piper PA-28-161S/N 288416026 · Built 1984 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161 Engine modelLycoming O-320-D3GReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student on cross-country flight landed on ryanfield and taxied up to fuel pumps. Student pilot erroneously believed that the yellow line painted on the tarmac in front of the fuel pumps was a taxi line. When pilot was looking at the yellow line, the right wing struck a pole adjacent to the fuel pumps, making a 4 inch to 6 inch dent in the wing leading edge about 2 feet inboard from the wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT ON CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT LANDED ON RYANFIELD AND TAXIED UP TO FUEL PUMPS. STUDENT PILOT ERRONEOUSLY BELIEVED THAT THE YELLOW LINE PAINTED ON THE TARMAC IN FRONT OF THE FUEL PUMPS WAS A TAXI LINE. WHEN PILOT WAS LOOKING AT THE YELLOW LINE, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A POLE ADJACENT TO THE FUEL PUMPS, MAKING A 4 INCH TO 6 INCH DENT IN THE WING LEADING EDGE ABOUT 2 FEET INBOARD FROM THE WING TIP.