# Accident 20081019850239A: Piper L4J, Buckeye, AZ, October 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2008, 09:16 local time
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4203° N, 112.6861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4203&lon=-112.6861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87117, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87117) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper L-4J (registry code 7100520, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-l-4j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L4J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,400 total, 73 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081019850239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON ARRIVAL, THE PILOT TAXIED THE PIPER CUB TO THE FUEL PUMPS ON THE SOUTH END OF THE RAMP AREA EAST OF THE RUNWAY 17/35.  AFTER FUELING, THE PIPER WAS MOVED TO A PARKING SPOT WEST OF THE FUEL PUMPS AND TIED DOWN.  THE PILOT FILED A FLIGHT PLAN FOR BLH AND AFTER RECEIVING A WEATHER BRIEFING, THE PILOT OF THE PIPER STARTED THE ENGINE, REMOVED THE CHOCKS, CLIMBED INTO THE COCKPIT, AND PREPARED TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 17.  THE PILOT OBSERVED CONGESTION ON THE RAMP TO THE LEFT AND DECIDED TO TAXI TO THE RIGHT.  THE PILOT OBSERVED A CESSNA 206 PARKED 2 SPACES TO THE SOUTH WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING.  THE PIPER MADE A SHALLOW RIGHT TURN (INTO THE WIND) TO JOIN THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE, BUT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE TURN TO CONTINUE SOUTH ON THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE, THE PIPER CONTINUED TURNING TO THE RIGHT ON THE SAME AREA AS THE INITIAL TURN.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE TURN BY APPLYING LEFT, THEN RIGHT BRAKES, AND FULL LEFT RUDDER, BUT THE PILOT REPORTS THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND AND AIRCRAFT DID NOT STOP.  THE PIPER'S LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET FROM THE WING TIP, IMPACTED THE TURNING PROPELLER OF THE CESSNA.  THE TURNING PROPELLER OF THE PIPER THEN IMPACTED THE CESSNA'S LEFT WING LEADING EDGE NEAR THE LANDING LIGHTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR09CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA017), Oct 19, 2008: Piper L-4 (N87117), Buckeye, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Another airplanes total loss of wheel brakes while taxing which resulted in the pilot of the other aircraft colliding with a standing aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the other airplanes…

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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