# Incident 20090614047489I: Piper PA-32-260, Naples, FL, June 14, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2009, 21:30 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56155, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56155) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090614047489I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 14, 2009 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A RETURN NIGHT FLIGHT FROM (KMTH) MARATHON, FLORIDA TO (KAPF), NAPLES, FLORIDA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED. HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 32 AT APPROXIOMATLY 9:30 PM.   HIS TAXI INSTRUCTIONS WERE RIGHT TURN ONTO RUNWAY 5, EXIT A4 AND TAXI TO THE RAMP.  WHEN HE TURNED OFF ON TO A4 HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE YELLOW TAXI WAY STRIPE TO THE RAMP.  INSTEAD PER HIS STATEMENT HE MISTOOK TWO BLUE TAXIWAY LIGHTS FOR THE ENTRY TO THE RAMP. HIS PATH TOOK THE AIRCRAFT OVER A GRASSY AREA & THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A 4" DEEP DRAINAGE DITCH, DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.  I SPOKE TO THE CONTROLLER ON DUTY THAT NIGHT.  HE STATED THE PILOT WAS GIVEN A CLEARANCE  AFTER LANDING TO TAXI ON "A".  THE PILOT MISSED THIS TAXIWAY AND WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO TAXI ON RUNWAY 5 TO A-4 TO THE RAMP.  THE CONTROLLER STATED THAT HE DID NOT OBSERVE A LANDING LIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING ON THE SURFACE AT AN OBSERVED NORMAL SPEED.  ON JUNE 24, 2009, I MET WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO PROVIDED ME SEVERAL STATEMENTS. HE SHOWED ME THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED.   HE STATED HIS AIRCRAFT LANDING LIGHT HAD BURNT OUT AND WAS INOPERATIVE DURING THE FLIGHT PREVIOUS TO LANDING.

## Other reports on N56155 (1)

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

- [Accident 19961020033169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961020033169A), Oct 20, 1996: Piper PA32260 (N56155), Mancelona, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft lost power after departure and made a forced landing short of airport. (.4)the pilot stated that during initial climb the engine lost power. He…

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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