# Incident 20090525008229I: Piper PA23250, Hilo, HI, May 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2009, 16:25 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31PD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31PD-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 225 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090525008229I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  UPON LANDING AT PHTO ON 5/25/2009, THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE TRANSIENT PARKING AREA.  WHILE TAXIING TO PARK, THE PILOT STARTED A LEFT TURN WHEN HE HIT A SIGN LOCATED JUST OFF THE TRANSIENT PARKING AREA.  THE RIGHT WINGTIP SUSTAINED DAMAGE.

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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