# Accident 20100415032201A: Piper PA-28-161, Sugar Grove, IL, April 15, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2010, 09:05 local time
- Place: Sugar Grove, IL
- Airport: Ar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7774° N, 88.4465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sugar Grove, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7774&lon=-88.4465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82869, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82869-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 952 total, 235 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100415032201A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN AFSS.  HE PROCEEDED TO THE AURORA AIRPORT AND CONDUCTED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.  HE STARTED THE AIRPLANE, PUT ON HIS HEADSET AND TUNED THE ATIS ON THE RADIO.  THE PA-28 WAS SITTING ON THE RAMP IN FRONT OF LUMINAIR'S HANGAR.  N7769J, AN EXTRA 300 WAS UNOCCUPIED AND PARKED 100' WEST OF THE PA-28.  THE PILOT'S HEAD WAS DOWN WHILE COPYING THE ATIS INFORMATION.  WHEN HE LOOKED UP, HE SAW THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO HIT THE EXTRA AND HIT THE BRAKES.  THE PA-28 IMPACTED THE REAR OF THE EXTRA, DAMAGING THE EMPENNAGE OF THE EXTRA AND THE LEFT FUEL TANK AND PROPELLER OF THE PA-28.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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