# Incident 20091018022519I: Piper PA28181, Wickenburg, AZ, October 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2009, 15:30 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.9706° N, 112.7951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICKENBURG MUNI (E25), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9706&lon=-112.7951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4133D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4133D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 64 total, 64 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091018022519I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT, ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY, LANDED AT E25 FOR A FULL STOP LANDING.  WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING RAMP, STUDENT TAXIED BETWEEN THE TERMINAL BUILDING AND THE SELF-FUELING PUMPS.  STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STAY CLEAR OF FUEL PUMPS BY FOLLOWING THE WHITE PAINTED LINE AROUND THE PUMPS AND TAXIED SO WIDE AROUND PUMPS THAT THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE FENCE IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING.  THIS CONTACT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN TO THE LEFT VERY ABRUPTLY AND THE PROP CONTACTED THE FENCE AS WELL.

## Other reports on N4133D (3)

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

- [Incident 20160126009479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160126009479I), Jan 26, 2016: Piper PA-28-181 (N4133D), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. N4133D, a training flight, was holding short of kdvt RWY-7R. There were three individuals on board, a student pilot, a flight instructor (CFI), and a second…
- [Incident 20010821023679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010821023679I), Aug 21, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N4133D), Goodyear, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Solo student lost directional control of the aircraft during landing rollout. The flight school has had previous occurrences of this type and feel its…
- [Incident 19980406009989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980406009989I), Apr 6, 1998: Piper PA28181 (N4133D), Mobile, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: during takeoff from runway 27, pilot lost directional control, ran off left side of runway into dirt and unlevel terrain. Damage to aircraft…

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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