# Incident 20100421035549I: Piper PA-28-236, Vidalia, GA, April 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: Vidalia, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2121° N, 82.4022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vidalia, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2121&lon=-82.4022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91770, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91770-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (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-28-236
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100421035549I

## Narrative

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

MR. ERIC DAMIAN BURCH A NON RATED INDIVIDUAL , WHILE TAXING THE AIRCRAFT TO REFUEL IT FOR THE OWNER LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED INTO A DITCH. THIS RESULTED IN THE LEFT WING BEING BENT AS WELL AS LEFT AILERON DAMAGE. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT REARWARD NAD POSSIBLE FIRE WALL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N91770 (1)

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

- [Accident 20181109017109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181109017109A), Nov 9, 2018: Piper PA-28-236 (N91770), Guthrie Center, IA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. The aircraft was enroute to osceola,Iowa. Des moines,Iowa ATC reported they were in contact (through other aircraft in the dsm airspace)with the accident…

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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