# Incident 20080828847039I: Piper PA32R300, Waukesha, WI, August 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2008, 04:15 local time
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Airport: Waukesha County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0410° N, 88.2371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAUKESHA COUNTY (UES), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0410&lon=-88.2371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4588F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4588F-2010-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,085 total, 230 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080828847039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 28, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 0420 CDLT THE PILOT OF A PIPER PA32R-300 LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND VEERED OFF OF TAXIWAY B, WAUKESHA COUNTY AIRPORT WAUKESHA, WI, STRICKING A MARKER LIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS CLOSING HIS FLIGHT PLAN AND DID NOT NOTICE THE AIRCRAFT VEERING TO THE RIGHT UNTIL THE PROPELLER HIT THE TAXIWAY MARKER LIGHT.

## Other reports on N4588F (1)

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

- [Incident 19901123062739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901123062739I), Nov 23, 1990: Piper PA32R300 (N4588F), Fresno, CA. Experienced intermittent nose gear light on approach. Landed without incident.

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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