# Incident 20080619842039I: Piper PA28161, Tucson, AZ, June 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2008, 08:00 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)
- Operator: OXZS
- 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: N761M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761M-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-D3G (registry code 42156, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-d3g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080619842039I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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