# Incident 20100905042081I: Piper PA-28-236, Spokane, WA, September 5, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2010, 11:15 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane Felts Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2840A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2840A) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,386 total, 833 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100905042081I

## Narrative

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

MR JOHN R. WEBSTER STARTED HIS AIRCRAFT, N2840A, A PA-28-236.  HE TRIED TO CONTACT THE TOWER TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO THE REFUELING PUMP BUT COULD NOT RECEIVE THE TOWER.  HE SET THE BRAKE AND TRIED TO RETRIEVE A HEADSET FROM THE BACK OF THE AIRCRAFT.  WHILE HE WAS DOING THIS HE INADVERTANTLY RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE.  THE AIRCRAF ROLLED FORWARD WHILE MR. WEBSTER WAS TRYING TO GET HIS HEADSET AND STRUCK A PARKED CE-180, N2361G.  THE CE-180 RECIEVED SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, FUSELAGE AFT OF THE BAGAGE DOOR AND COWLING.

## Other reports on N2840A (1)

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

- [Incident 19910611025039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910611025039I), Jun 11, 1991: Piper PA28236 (N2840A), Auburn, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed long and departed end of runway. Entered a ditch. Damaged the propeller.

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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