# Incident 20110509012251I: Piper PA-28-181, Hartford, CT, May 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2011, 14:45 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8086K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8086K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 130 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110509012251I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 9, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1445, N8086K, A PIPER ARCHER WAS INVOLVED IN A TAXIING COLLISION WITH N733YR, A PARKED CESSNA SKYHAWK LOCATED AT HARTFORD BRAINARD AIRPORT (HFD) OUTSIDE ON AIRCRAFT TIE DOWN PAD C21. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF N8086K WAS PERFORMING A 180 DEGREE TURN LOCATED NEAR TIE-DOWN PADS C21 AND C22. N8086K WAS LOCATED ON HARTFORD-BRAINARD AIRPORT (HFD) TIE-DOWN PAD C17 AT THE START OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRE-FLIGHT TAXIING N8086K FROM PAD C17 TOWARDS THE PERIMETER FENCE OF HFD.  DURING TAXIING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FEEL OF N8086K'S FLAPS PERFORMING THIS PRE-FLIGHT CHECK. WHILE TAXIING N8086K, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A 180 DEGREE TURN WITH N8086K NEAR TIE-DOWN PADS C21 AND C22 RESULTING IN CONTACTING THE NOSE SPINNER OF N733YR LOCATED AT PAD C21 WITH THE LEFT OUTBOARD WINGTIP EDGE OF N8086K. BOTH AIRPORT MANAGEMENT AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER MANAGEMENT WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THIS AIRCRAFT INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED ON MAY 19, 2011 WITH LITTLE FACTS ON THE INCIDENT.

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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