# Incident 20100716041599I: Piper PA-28-161, Oxford, CT, July 16, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2010, 17:30 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2129M (not matched to a registry record)
- 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: 113 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100716041599I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF FACTS:  ON JULY 15, 2010, WHILE TAXIING FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY 18 AT WATERBURYOXFORD AIRPORT IN WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, TO THE 121 RESTAURANT RAMP, I MADE CONTACT ON THE LEFT WINGTIP WITH A FENCE POST AT THE RAMP IN WARRIORN2129M. WHEN BEGINNING THE MANEUVER TO SWING THE PLANE AROUND TO LINE UPWITH THE PARKING SPOT, I ENSURED WINGTIP CLEARANCE WITH THE NEARBYFENCING. HOWEVER, AS I BEGAN TO EXECUTE THE TURN, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT PARKEDON THE RAMP BEGAN MOVING TO EXIT THE RAMP, CAUSING ME TO CHANGE MY TURNRADIUS AND ANGLE, AND IN DOING SO, MAKING CONTACT WITH THE FENCE POST.

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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