# Incident 20080915846769I: Piper PA32301, Pilot Point, AK, September 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Pilot Point, AK
- Airport: Pilot Point
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 57.5804° N, 157.5720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PILOT POINT (PNP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5804&lon=-157.5720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81844, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81844) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,229 total, 263 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080915846769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2008, COMMERCIAL PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED A PIPER, PA-32-301 AIRPLANE TO AN ALASKA STATE OWNED BUILDING AT PILOT POINT, ALASKA. WHEN SHE TAXIED INTO THE APRON, SHE INDICATED THAT SHE LOOKED TO THE RIGHT AND NOTICED A TRUCK ON THE LEFT OF THE AIRPLANE. SHE SWUNG THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE TO THE RIGHT, SINCE SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS CLEAR. SECONDS LATER, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE SAW DEBRIS FLYING. THE PROPELLER STRUCK A BOXED GENERATOR THAT WAS LEFT BY THE PREVIOUS PILOT AND DRIVER. THE PREVIOUS PILOT UNLOADED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A TRUCK TO DELIVER MAIL. THE BOX WAS LEFT OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING WHERE AIRCRAFT PARK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TAXIED IN BEFORE THE REST OF THE CARGO COULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES.

## Other reports on N81844 (4)

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

- [Incident 20190726017339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190726017339I), Jul 26, 2019: Piper PA-32-301 (N81844), Dillingham, AK, Minor damage. When on final approach right before touching down a down draft hit the right side of aircraft making the aircraft right side hit the runway hard. Pilot gave…
- [Accident 19990327017719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990327017719A), Mar 27, 1999: Piper PA32301 (N81844), Chefornak, AK, Substantial damage. On March 27, 1999, about 1010 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Piper PA-32-301 airplane, N81844, sustained substantial damage while landing at the…
- [Accident 19980224001729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980224001729A), Feb 24, 1998: Piper PA32300 (N81844), Kongiganak, AK, Substantial damage. Narrative: upon approaching the threshold, he felt a sudden drop. Initiating a go-around with full power, the aircraft settled onto the threshold area. He felt…
- [Incident 19950520031579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950520031579I), May 20, 1995: Piper PA32301 (N81844), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Broke right main wheel axle landing on remote strip in severe crosswind.

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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