# Incident 20100430032649I: Piper PA-28-140, Riverside, CA, April 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2010, 07:40 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6982W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6982W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 75 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100430032649I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT TAXIING AIRCRAFT DOWN INCLINE.  AS AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT OF CENTERLINE, STUDENT LOCKED RIGHT BRAKE CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT, STRIKING AN AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL SIGN.  SLIGHT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WING.

## Other reports on N6982W (2)

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

- [Incident 19840805042149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840805042149I), Aug 5, 1984: Piper PA28140 (N6982W), Huntsville, AL, Minor damage. Ground looped after landing. Ran off the runway and stopped heading north.
- [Incident 19790518027249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790518027249I), May 18, 1979: Piper PA28140 (N6982W), Stockbridge, GA, Substantial damage. Set parking brake and hand propped plane. Started and moved striking parked 1164F.

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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