# Incident 20081003855879I: Piper PA28161, Venice, FL, October 3, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2008, 13:32 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53260 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081003855879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A PARKED VEHICLE WHILE THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS TAXIING THE AIRPLANE TO A PARKING SPACE.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE WING SKIN BETWEEN TWO RIBS.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING.  HE WAS ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT (COMMERCIAL PILOT), AND HAD JUST LANDED AT VENICE SHORTLY BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  AS HE TAXIIED THE AIRPLANE ON AN FBO RAMP TO FIND A PARKING SPOT, A WOMAN BEGAN "YELLING" AT HIM OVER THE CTAF AND TOLD HIM TO PARK IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION.  SHE DIRECTED HIM TO TAXI BETWEEN A PARKED BUSINESS JET AND MAINTENACNE TRUCK TO THE PARKING AREA.  AS HE DID SO, THE WOMAN CONTINUED TO "YELL" AT HIM.  AT ABOUT THAT TIME, HE HEARD A SOFT THUMP AND HIT THE BRAKES.  HE THEN SAW THAT THE RIGHT WING HAD COLLIDED WITH THE TRUCK.

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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