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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Van Nuys, CA · April 29, 2011

Date
April 29, 2011 · 22:00 local
Place
Van Nuys, CA
Airport
Van Nuys
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56701
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
871 total4 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During taxi in a non movement area, after landing, the aircraft's left propeller struck the wing tip of a parked CE-182. The pilot thought there was sufficient clearance to taxi under the wing of the Cessna.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI IN A NON MOVEMENT AREA, AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE WING TIP OF A PARKED CE-182. THE PILOT THOUGHT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE TO TAXI UNDER THE WING OF THE CESSNA.