20090315003349A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Gardner, KS · March 15, 2009

Date
March 15, 2009 · 11:35 local
Place
Gardner, KS
Airport
Gardner Municipal
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N43181
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN09CA212
Reported as
Piper PA28151
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
159 total55 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While taxiing toward a parking spot, the pilot was looking to his left to avoid hitting another parked aircraft, drifted to his right and struck three porch posts with the right wing of his aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE TAXIING TOWARD A PARKING SPOT, THE PILOT WAS LOOKING TO HIS LEFT TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT, DRIFTED TO HIS RIGHT AND STRUCK THREE PORCH POSTS WITH THE RIGHT WING OF HIS AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.